Geographical and Statistical
Resources for Tennessee

 

Local Sources

City of Chattanooga-GIS Mapmaker
http://www.chattanooga.gov/General_Government/62_124.htm

Hamilton County Map Maker
http://gis.hamiltontn.gov/mapmaker/home.asp

The Map Maker allows you to locate a property by address, tax map, or intersection and construct a map from a set of map layers that may be turned on or off. Zoom and pan controls are provided to focus on an area of interest. A printable map can be generated using the "Print PDF" button.

State Sources

Tennessee Blue Book Online
http://state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/
This online publication serves as a manual of useful information on Tennessee and its government, both past and present. Included is: makeup of the state government, expansive history section, constitutions of the state and nation, state’s symbols and honors, more recent election returns, and census information.

State of Tennessee Official Transportation Map and Insets
http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/maps.htm
Official maps from the state of Tennessee, both county and city maps available.

State of Tennessee Website – Maps
http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/about/maps.html
This site contains more official maps from the state of Tennessee including landform, geologic, public lands, weather and topographic maps.

Federal Sources

U. S. Geological Survey (USGS)-Science in Your State – Tennessee
http://www.usgs.gov/state/state.asp?State=TN
This link is to a page on the USGS website just for the state of Tennessee. Includes fast facts for the state as well as links to other USGS map products on the water and geologic resources of the state.

U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) Education Resources
http://education.usgs.gov/
The USGS provides scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geo-spatial data, and issues that affect quality of life. This website provides links to selected online resources to support education (K-12) and college inquiry and research.

Hazard Maps
https://hazards.fema.gov/femaportal/wps/portal
This site from the Multi-Hazard Mapping Initiative (Part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency) allows one to pick a geographic location down to street level, if desired, and map out various hazards such as floods, hailstorms, hurricanes, landslides, tornados, tsunamis, volcanic hazards, and windstorms.

The National Map
http://www.nationalmap.gov
The National Map is an online interactive map service from the U.S. Geological Survey that allows one to view The National Map by using your Web browser (no special software or download required).

U.S. Census Bureau – American Factfinder
http://factfinder.census.gov/
In American Factfinder one can obtain data in the form of maps, tables, and reports from a variety of Census Bureau sources.

U.S. Census Bureau – Maps and Cartographic Resources
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/
This site provides links to the U.S. Census Bureau’s mapping products. Many of these are available in .pdf format and there is a link to the generalized, digital files suitable for use with a Geographic Information System (G.I.S.) as a base for medium to small-scale thematic mapping.

U.S. Census Bureau – Kid’s Corner
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html
Kid’s Corner is the Bureau’s vehicle to start to get children familiar with the Census and the information that it provides. Children can obtain state facts and take several quizzes based on social characteristics, housing, employment, population, and income.

Other Sources

50states.com
http://www.50states.com/Tennessee.htm
All types of data on the 50 states.

Tennessee Atlas
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A108274.html
The Website gives maps and profiles on the state. It includes links to the Tennessee Almanac and Tennessee Encyclopedia. Included on this site is information about flags, maps, geography, history, statistics, disasters, current events, and international relations.

Tennessee Encyclopedia of Culture and History
http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net
This site is designed to supply general information about the state of Tennessee in a user friendly format for students, teachers, researchers and general information seekers.

Tennessee Mapsite
http://www.tennessee-mapsite.com/
This site aggregates maps from other locations on the internet. Includes city street maps, overview, shaded relief, and geographic landform maps.

TNGenWeb Project
http://www.tngenweb.org/maps/
This site is a subpart of the USGenWeb Project which consists of a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. The Tennessee maps section specializes in presenting digitized links to historical maps of the state.

University of Tennessee – College of Business Administration
http://cber.bus.utk.edu/
This is the website for the Center for Business & Economic Research which conducts research on national and state economic trends for UT Knoxville, state agencies, and public and private organizations. Many links to statistical and map resources for the state of Tennessee can be found here including the Tennessee Statistical Abstract.

University of Tennessee-Department of Geography
http://tnatlas.geog.utk.edu/tea/tea.asp
Part of a project designed to provide information about our state and act as a gateway for persons in Tennessee. This site includes maps and data for agriculture, economics, educations, physical landscape and social aspects.

University of Tennessee University Libraries Tennessee Maps and Data
http://www.lib.utk.edu/~cic/tn.htm
This is the Tennessee Maps and Data page from the UT Libraries website which aggregates links to many map resources.

University of Texas – Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/tennessee.html
Huge collection of maps online from the University of Texas the collection reflects current and historic maps for the United States and International locations.

World Atlas
http://worldatlas.com/
A good site for maps, facts, and figures about each state in the United States. Includes such items as state flags, symbols, land statistics, and population.

*Link to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library website for information on various Tennessee government websites. Access our website through http://www.lib.chattanooga.gov, once the web page comes up click on government in the blue highlighted selections on the left hand side of the page. Click on Tennessee state government to reach a variety of Tennessee state information.

Last edited: July 2006