Sewanee
Sewanee is a small town in south-central Tennessee. 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.
- 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: Franklin County Airport and St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School.
St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School
School
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Midway.
Midway
Hamlet
Midway, also known as "Tickbush", is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Tennessee. Midway is situated 2 miles east of Sewanee.
Sewanee
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States, unincorporated community, and locality
- Location: Franklin, Central Tennessee, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
UN/LOCODE
US UOS
Open location code
867P633H+7H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=tree
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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”
- Urdu: “سوانے، ٹینیسی”
- Volapük: “Sewanee”
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