| Official Name: | Fordtown |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Tennessee#USA |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tennessee |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sullivan |
| Timezone: | Eastern |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 447 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1467 |
| Coordinates: | 36.4529°N -82.5035°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 37663 |
| Area Code: | 423 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1303455 |
Fordtown is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee, located south of Colonial Heights. This community's name was adopted due to the number of people with the Ford surname who lived in the area.[1] [2] Country singer Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919-1991) was born in Fordtown.[3] The community is accessed by the road named after it, Fordtown Road.