Tennessee · Census place 4755800

Oliver Springs, Tennessee

Oliver Springs is a town in 3 counties of Tennessee with an estimated 3,433 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 131st largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,433
#131 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+3.8%
+127 people
Land area
5.8 sq mi
Density
594 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Oliver Springs. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Nashville.

Oliver Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Oliver Springs added 127 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +30.

3,30620203,31120213,35820223,40320233,4332024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,299. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Oliver Springs covers 5.78 square miles of land, for 594 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Oliver Springs is less dense than the typical town.

The 3 counties Oliver Springs spans

Oliver Springs crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,433 residents as follows; Anderson County holds 71.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Anderson County2,437
  2. 02Roane County964
  3. 03Morgan County32
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Oliver Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oliver Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 37840. 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 Oliver Springs is

The Census internal point of Oliver Springs is at 36.039900, -84.328500. Nashville, the capital, is 137.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oak Ridge, TN (34,039 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 21.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.039900, -84.328500
DMS
36°02'23.64"N 84°19'42.60"W
UTM
16N 740681.7E 3991676.6N
Geohash
dnkj10cge
Plus code
868Q2MQC+XH

Daylight in Oliver Springs

At 36.04° N, Oliver Springs gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Oliver Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Oak Ridge, 5.5 miles away, with 34,039 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Oliver Springs, TN?

3,433 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 127 (3.8%) from 3,306 in July 2020.

What county is Oliver Springs in?

It spans 3 counties: Anderson County (2,437 residents), Roane County (964 residents), Morgan County (32 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Oliver Springs?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37840.

How far is Oliver Springs from Nashville?

137.4 miles (221.0 km) in a straight line, heading W from Oliver Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Oliver Springs?

Oak Ridge, TN, with 34,039 residents, 5.5 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.