Tennessee · Census place 4724480

Etowah, Tennessee

Etowah is a city in McMinn County, Tennessee with an estimated 3,742 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 125th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,742
#125 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+3.9%
+142 people
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
1,322 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Etowah. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

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Etowah population, 2020 to 2024

Etowah added 142 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +49.

3,60020203,62020213,64420223,69320233,7422024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,599. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Etowah covers 2.83 square miles of land, for 1,322 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Etowah is denser than the typical town.

What county Etowah is in

All of Etowah's residents live in McMinn County, which had 56,754 residents in 2024. Etowah holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Etowah

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Etowah by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37331. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Etowah is

The Census internal point of Etowah is at 35.338100, -84.528200. Nashville, the capital, is 138.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Athens, TN (15,050 people), 9.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 44.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.338100, -84.528200
DMS
35°20'17.16"N 84°31'41.52"W
UTM
16N 724647.4E 3913341.9N
Geohash
dn7ch907q
Plus code
867Q8FQC+6P

Daylight in Etowah

At 35.34° N, Etowah gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Etowah

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Englewood, 6.3 miles away, with 1,590 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Etowah, TN?

3,742 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 142 (3.9%) from 3,600 in July 2020.

What county is Etowah in?

McMinn County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Etowah?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37331.

How far is Etowah from Nashville?

138.8 miles (223.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Etowah.

What is the nearest larger city to Etowah?

Athens, TN, with 15,050 residents, 9.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.