Tennessee · Census place 4765240

Rossville, Tennessee

Rossville is a town in Fayette County, Tennessee with an estimated 1,183 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 226th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,183
#226 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+11.6%
+123 people
Land area
6.4 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
185 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Rossville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Rossville population, 2020 to 2024

Rossville added 123 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.6%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,047. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rossville covers 6.39 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 185 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Rossville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rossville is in

All of Rossville's residents live in Fayette County, which had 44,476 residents in 2024. Rossville holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rossville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rossville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 38066. 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 Rossville is

The Census internal point of Rossville is at 35.030900, -89.562000. Nashville, the capital, is 174.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Piperton, TN (2,766 people), 3.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 23.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.030900, -89.562000
DMS
35°01'51.24"N 89°33'43.20"W
UTM
16N 266274.4E 3879470.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
867G2CJQ+95

Daylight in Rossville

At 35.03° N, Rossville gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rossville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Piperton, 3.1 miles away, with 2,766 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rossville, TN?

1,183 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 123 (11.6%) from 1,060 in July 2020.

What county is Rossville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rossville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38066.

How far is Rossville from Nashville?

174.7 miles (281.1 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Rossville.

What is the nearest larger city to Rossville?

Piperton, TN, with 2,766 residents, 3.1 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.