{"id":7680,"date":"2023-09-07T20:08:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7680"},"modified":"2026-08-16T19:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T19:08:22","slug":"lake-county-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lake-county-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake County, Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lake County is a county in Tennessee, United States, in the state’s northwest corner along the Mississippi River. It had a population of 7,005 at the 2020 census and covers 194 square miles (500 km2) centred near 36\u00b020\u2032N 89\u00b029\u2032W, of which 166 square miles (430 km2) is land and 28 square miles (73 km2) is water.<\/p>\n

Tiptonville is the county seat, and its postal code is 38079. The county has two incorporated towns (Tiptonville and Ridgely), one census-designated place (Wynnburg), and a scattering of smaller unincorporated communities. Lake County sits in the Central time zone. It was established in 1870, and it is Tennessee’s fifth-least populous and fifth-smallest county by land area.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Lake County<\/h2>\n

Lake County has 24 named places on record, ranging from its two incorporated towns down to small unincorporated communities and beach settlements along Reelfoot Lake. “CDP” marks a Census-designated place with no town government; “Unincorp.” marks a community with no incorporated boundary or its own population count.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Tiptonville<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n3,976<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ridgely<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n1,690<\/td>\n38080<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wynnburg<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bessie<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blue Bank<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cates<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cottonwood Grove<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cronanville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38080<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edgewater Beach<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estes Pond<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Four Points<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hathaway<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38080<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haynes<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38080<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keefe<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake Drive<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madie<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magnolia Beach<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mooring<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Markham<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38080<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Owl City<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Owl Hoot<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phillippy<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proctor City<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunkist Beach<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38079<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wright<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n38080<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Several of the beach communities — Blue Bank, Edgewater Beach, Magnolia Beach, and Sunkist Beach — sit along the Reelfoot Lake shoreline and function as fishing-camp settlements rather than towns with defined centres; none carries its own ZIP or population count separate from the surrounding unincorporated area.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n