| Official Name: | Grimsley, Tennessee |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Tennessee#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Grimsley |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tennessee |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Fentress |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 28.20 |
| Area Land Km2: | 28.20 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 10.89 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 10.89 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1219 |
| Population Density Km2: | 43.23 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 111.98 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | CST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1749 |
| Coordinates: | 36.2669°N -84.9844°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 38565 |
| Area Code: | 931 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1286299 |
| Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Info: | 47-31420 |
Grimsley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 1,167 as of the 2010 census.[3] Its ZIP code is 38565.[4]
The community is located in southern Fentress County on the Cumberland Plateau. The settled part is located on high ground in the center of the CDP, with elevations ranging from 1700to. The west side of the CDP drops into the gorge of the East Fork of the Obey River, with a bottom elevation of 800to, and the east side follows the valley of the North Prong of Clear Fork, with an elevation of . Both rivers are part of the Cumberland River watershed.
U.S. Route 127 is the main road through the community, leading north to Jamestown, the Fentress County seat, and south to Clarkrange. Tennessee State Route 85 forms the southwestern edge of the CDP, dropping by switchbacks into the gorge of the East Fork of the Obey and leading to Livingston.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Grimsley CDP has an area of 28.2sqkm, all of it land.[3]
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 1,170 | 95.98% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 3 | 0.25% | |
| Native American | 2 | 0.16% | |
| Asian | 2 | 0.16% | |
| Other/Mixed | 31 | 2.54% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 0.9% |