Tennessee · Census place 4749740

Monteagle, Tennessee

Monteagle is a town in 3 counties of Tennessee with an estimated 1,440 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 208th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,440
#208 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+4.0%
+55 people
Land area
9.0 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
159 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Monteagle. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Nashville.

Monteagle population, 2020 to 2024

Monteagle added 55 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.0%. In the latest year it moved by +36.

1,38520201,38320211,38420221,40420231,4402024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,386. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Monteagle covers 9.04 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 159 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Monteagle is less dense than the typical town.

The 3 counties Monteagle spans

Monteagle crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,440 residents as follows; Grundy County holds 60.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Grundy County865
  2. 02Marion County516
  3. 03Franklin County59
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Monteagle

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Monteagle by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 37356, 37375. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Monteagle is

The Census internal point of Monteagle is at 35.235800, -85.850200. Nashville, the capital, is 82.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tracy City, TN (1,446 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 36.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.235800, -85.850200
DMS
35°14'8.88"N 85°51'0.72"W
UTM
16N 604621.6E 3899798.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
867P64PX+8W

Daylight in Monteagle

At 35.24° N, Monteagle gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Monteagle

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Tracy City, 5.7 miles away, with 1,446 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Monteagle, TN?

1,440 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 55 (4.0%) from 1,385 in July 2020.

What county is Monteagle in?

It spans 3 counties: Grundy County (865 residents), Marion County (516 residents), Franklin County (59 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Monteagle?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37356, 37375.

How far is Monteagle from Nashville?

82.9 miles (133.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Monteagle.

What is the nearest larger city to Monteagle?

Tracy City, TN, with 1,446 residents, 5.7 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.