Grimsley, Tennessee

Grimsley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 1,167 as of the 2010 census. Its ZIP code is 38565.

Geography
The community is located in southern Fentress County on the Cumberland Plateau. The settled part is located on high ground in the center of the CDP, with elevations ranging from 1700 to 1800 ft. The west side of the CDP drops into the gorge of the East Fork of the Obey River, with a bottom elevation of 800 to 900 ft, and the east side follows the valley of the North Prong of Clear Fork, with an elevation of 1600 ft. Both rivers are part of the Cumberland River watershed.

U.S. Route 127 is the main road through the community, leading north 12 mi to Jamestown, the Fentress County seat, and south 6.5 mi to Clarkrange. Tennessee State Route 85 forms the southwestern edge of the CDP, dropping by switchbacks into the gorge of the East Fork of the Obey and leading 33 mi to Livingston.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Grimsley CDP has an area of 28.2 sqkm, all of it land.

2020 census
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,219 people, 357 households, and 252 families residing in the CDP.