Friendsville, Tennessee

About Friendsville

Friendsville is a tiny community in eastern Tennessee with an estimated population of 920.

Friendsville holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 2.84 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 324 residents per square mile.

📰 Friendsville News Today

• Tennessee extremist group member gets record sentence for child, animal abuse material WZTV · Aug 19
• Kent Raymond Mixson Obituary Aug 4, 2026 Brice Herndon Funeral Chapels and Crematory · Aug 4
• Carla Elaine Collins Obituary Aug 15, 2026 Smith Funeral & Cremation Service · Aug 15
• Crews respond to Friendsville house fire WBIR · Mar 2
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Friendsville, Tennessee - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 19

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What Makes Friendsville Unique

• Positioned in eastern Tennessee, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Tennessee — one of 504 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Friendsville

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🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Friendsville

• Yarberry Peninsular Recreation Area reviews ★

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🏫 Schools in Friendsville

• Friendsville Elementary
• Union Grove Elementary School
• Union Grove Middle School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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