Sewanee

Sewanee is a small town in south-central . It is known primarily for its natural scenery and association with the University of the South. There are roughly 2,500 residents, of whom about 1,500 are students at the University.
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  • Type: Town with 2,310 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Franklin County, Tennessee
  • Also known as: Sewanee, Tennessee”, “Sewanee, TN”, “University”, and “University Place
  • Postal codes: 37375 and 37383

Places of Interest

Highlights include Franklin County Airport and St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School.

Aerodrome
is a public located one mile east of the central business district of Sewanee, a census-designated place in , , .

School
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a private, coeducational, Episcopal, boarding and day college preparatory school serving 250 students in grades six through twelve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midway.

Hamlet
, also known as "Tickbush", is an unincorporated community in . is 3.25 miles southwest of . is situated 2 miles east of Sewanee.

Sewanee

Latitude
35.2031° or 35° 12′ 11″ north
Longitude
-85.9211° or 85° 55′ 16″ west
Population
2,310
Elevation
1,929 feet (588 metres)
IATA airport code
UOS
United Nations Location Code
US UOS
Open location code
867P633H+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153529212
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­tree
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4656589
Wiki­data ID
Q1987614
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Sewanee” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سواني
  • Basque: Sewanee
  • Catalan: Sewanee
  • Cebuano: Sewanee
  • Chechen: Сьюани
  • Chinese: Sewanee
  • Danish: Sewanee
  • Dutch: Sewanee
  • French: Sewanee
  • German: Sewanee
  • Gilaki: سوانی (تنسي)
  • Gilaki: سوانی
  • Irish: Sewanee
  • Italian: Sewanee
  • Japanese: スワニー
  • Ladin: Sewanee
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sewanee
  • Persian: سوان، تنسی
  • Persian: سوان
  • Polish: Sewanee
  • Portuguese: Sewanee
  • Russian: Севони
  • Serbian: Sewanee, Tennessee
  • Serbian: Sewanee
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sewanee, Tennessee
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sewanee
  • South Azerbaijani: سیوئین، تنسی
  • Spanish: Sewanee
  • Swedish: Sewanee
  • Tatar: Сьюани
  • Ukrainian: Сьюані
  • Volapük: Sewanee

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Sewanee”. Photo: David Van Horn, CC BY 2.0.