Official Name: | Turtletown, Tennessee |
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: | Polk |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1558 |
Coordinates: | 35.1269°N -84.3536°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 37391 |
Area Code: | 423 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1327270 |
Turtletown is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. Turtletown is located on Tennessee State Route 68 6.5miles north-northeast of Ducktown. Turtletown is in a primarily mountainous terrain, covered in forests except for areas cleared by farmers, ponds, or roads.[1] Turtletown has a post office with ZIP code 37391.[2] Turtletown's borders, however, in the eyes of some are disputed. According to one, parts of it are known as Dogtown, which appears on a few local maps. However, to others, it is simply all Turtletown and Dogtown does not exist.[3] The only known map that contains this is the USGS map of the area, and a U.S. Forest Service map.[4] There is an abandoned school, Turtletown School, across the street from the Post Office.[5]
The population, according to the United States Census Bureau, is 1,325 although the estimated population of Polk County is about 16,730 people.
Turtletown is in a primarily mountainous terrain, covered in forests except for areas cleared by farmers, ponds, or roads.[6] It also has creeks in the area.