Jennings
Ghost town · Wilson County, Tennessee

Jennings is a ghost town in Wilson County, Tennessee. It is one of 26 former communities in Wilson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Jennings as a historical populated place on the New Middleton topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.2037° N, 86.0950° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | New Middleton |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 576 ft |
| Nearest living town | Tuckers Crossroads, TN |
| Distance to it | 4.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1312894 |
| Coordinates | 36.20367, -86.09499 |
What's there now
Jennings is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Tuckers Crossroads, TN (population 100), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 576 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Big Springghost town · Wilson County · 5.6 mi
- Weirghost town · Wilson County · 7.3 mi
- Mahoneghost town · Wilson County · 7.8 mi
- Spring Creekghost town · Wilson County · 9.1 mi
- Dixonghost town · Wilson County · 10 mi
- Center Hillghost town · Wilson County · 10.1 mi
- Tater Peelerghost town · Wilson County · 12.4 mi
- Stone Bridgeghost town · Smith County · 12.9 mi
- Pennvilleghost town · Wilson County · 13.1 mi
- Josephineghost town · Wilson County · 13.5 mi
- Ebaneezerghost town · Wilson County · 14 mi
- Maggarteghost town · Smith County · 14.5 mi
Questions
Where is Jennings?
Jennings is in Wilson County, Tennessee, at 36.2037, -86.0950.
How many ghost towns are in Wilson County?
Wilson County, Tennessee has 26 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.