Lone Oak, Tennessee

Lone Oak (also Browns Chapel or Top of the Mountain) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southern Sequatchie County, Tennessee, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 127 south of the city of Dunlap, the county seat of Sequatchie County.^[4] Its elevation is 2,001 feet (610 m).^[2] As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,198, down from 1,206 at the 2010 census.^[5]

Lone Oak
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 35°12′2″N 85°21′51″W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Sequatchie
Area [1]
• Total	6.47 sq mi (16.76 km2)
• Land	6.47 sq mi (16.76 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	2,001 ft (610 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	1,198
• Density	185.11/sq mi (71.47/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	37377
FIPS code	47-43420
GNIS feature ID	1291847[2]

Lone Oak is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	1,206		—
2020	1,198		−0.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

2020 census

Lone Oak racial composition^[7]

Race	Number	Percentage
White (non-Hispanic)	1,107	92.4%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	16	1.34%
Native American	1	0.08%
Asian	2	0.17%
Other/Mixed	62	5.18%
Hispanic or Latino	10	0.83%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,198 people, 423 households, and 336 families residing in the CDP.

Postal service

Lone Oak does not have its own post office or zip code. It shares the zip code 37377 (Signal Mountain) with Walden, Fairmount and Signal Mountain.