Tennessee · Census place 4760500

Powells Crossroads, Tennessee

Powells Crossroads is a town in Marion County, Tennessee with an estimated 1,294 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 219th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,294
#219 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
-0.2%
-2 people
Land area
4.9 sq mi
Density
264 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Powells Crossroads. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Powells Crossroads population, 2020 to 2024

Powells Crossroads lost 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

1,29620201,29020211,27320221,28020231,2942024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,297. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Powells Crossroads covers 4.90 square miles of land, for 264 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Powells Crossroads is less dense than the typical town.

What county Powells Crossroads is in

All of Powells Crossroads's residents live in Marion County, which had 29,826 residents in 2024. Powells Crossroads holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Powells Crossroads

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Powells Crossroads by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 37397. 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 Powells Crossroads is

The Census internal point of Powells Crossroads is at 35.184800, -85.484800. Nashville, the capital, is 99.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Whitwell, TN (1,616 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 15.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.184800, -85.484800
DMS
35°11'5.28"N 85°29'5.28"W
UTM
16N 637958.4E 3894588.3N
Geohash
dn70ntpy7
Plus code
867P5GM8+W3

Daylight in Powells Crossroads

At 35.18° N, Powells Crossroads 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 Powells Crossroads

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Whitwell, 2.1 miles away, with 1,616 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Powells Crossroads, TN?

1,294 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2 (0.2%) from 1,296 in July 2020.

What county is Powells Crossroads in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Powells Crossroads?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37397.

How far is Powells Crossroads from Nashville?

99.6 miles (160.2 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Powells Crossroads.

What is the nearest larger city to Powells Crossroads?

Whitwell, TN, with 1,616 residents, 2.1 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.