Tennessee · Census place 4762000

Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee

Red Boiling Springs is a city in Macon County, Tennessee with an estimated 1,214 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 224th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,214
#224 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+0.5%
+6 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
694 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Red Boiling Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Red Boiling Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Red Boiling Springs added 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

1,20820201,20620211,20420221,22020231,2142024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,210. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Red Boiling Springs covers 1.75 square miles of land, for 694 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Red Boiling Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county Red Boiling Springs is in

All of Red Boiling Springs's residents live in Macon County, which had 27,189 residents in 2024. Red Boiling Springs holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Red Boiling Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Red Boiling Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37150. 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 Red Boiling Springs is

The Census internal point of Red Boiling Springs is at 36.530200, -85.848200. Nashville, the capital, is 57.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lafayette, TN (5,919 people), 10.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Murfreesboro, TN, 56.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.530200, -85.848200
DMS
36°31'48.72"N 85°50'53.52"W
UTM
16N 603111.7E 4043375.0N
Geohash
dn6zy6p5z
Plus code
868PG5J2+3P

Daylight in Red Boiling Springs

At 36.53° N, Red Boiling Springs gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Red Boiling Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Lafayette, 10.1 miles away, with 5,919 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Red Boiling Springs, TN?

1,214 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6 (0.5%) from 1,208 in July 2020.

What county is Red Boiling Springs in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Red Boiling Springs?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37150.

How far is Red Boiling Springs from Nashville?

57.8 miles (93.1 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Red Boiling Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Red Boiling Springs?

Lafayette, TN, with 5,919 residents, 10.1 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.