Tennessee Ridge is a town in Houston county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The population was 1,332 at the 2020 census and 1,368 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Tennessee Ridge is located at (36.320797, -87.763012), at an elevation of 742 feet above sea level.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which 3.7&nbsp;square&nbsp;miles (9.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.27% is water.

Major roads and highways

  • (Main Street)

ZIP code

The ZIP code used in the Tennessee Ridge area is 37178.

Area code

Tennessee Ridge uses the area code 931.

Climate

Government

  • Board of Commissioners, Mayor & Vice Mayor meets the first Monday of the month at 6:00&nbsp;p.m. at Tennessee Ridge Elementary School.

Elected officials

  • City Mayor: Stony Odom
  • Vice Mayor: Ray Bradley
  • City Manager: Kenneth Dunavant
  • City Recorder: Leslie Rucker
  • Town Treasurer: Nancy Cobb
  • Commissioners: Tim Alsobrooks, Ray Bradley, and Rebecca Hill

Demographics

2020 census

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"

|+Tennessee Ridge racial composition

!scope="col"| Race

!scope="col"| Number

!scope="col"| Percentage

|-

!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)

| 1,218

| 91.44%

|-

!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)

| 18

| 1.35%

|-

!scope="row"| Native American

| 5

| 0.38%

|-

!scope="row"| Asian

| 1

| 0.08%

|-

!scope="row"| Pacific Islander

| 1

| 0.08%

|-

!scope="row"| Other/Mixed

| 52

| 3.9%

|-

!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino

| 37

| 2.78%

|}

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,332 people, 501 households, and 306 families residing in the town.

2000 census

As of the census