Septic records and services in Cookeville, Tennessee

In Putnam County, Tennessee, which covers Cookeville, we have measured 13,119 parcels on septic and 13,308 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Cookeville on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Cookeville is, in the records

Cookeville is a city in Putnam County, Tennessee. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 36.146926, -85.512653 and its land area at 35.77 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the city level, which is why every figure below is attributed to the county and linked back to the county page it came from.

What we hold for the county that covers Cookeville

We have not yet collected septic documents from Putnam County, Tennessee, so for a Cookeville property the county's own file is currently the only route. This page is about getting you to it, not about pretending we hold something we do not. The county is genuinely mixed: 13,119 of 26,427 classified parcels are on septic and the rest are sewered. Which side of that line a Cookeville address falls on is worth establishing before anything else. The county publishes a records portal that we were able to search without creating an account, which makes checking a specific parcel something you can do yourself in a few minutes.

Start from who you are

Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.

Questions people ask

Does Parcel Perfect have a septic count for Cookeville?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Putnam County, Tennessee, which covers Cookeville, we have measured 13,119 parcels on septic and 13,308 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Cookeville on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Cookeville in?

Cookeville is in Putnam County, Tennessee.

Records and services around Cookeville

• Putnam County septic records — what we hold, and where the county keeps the originals
• Tennessee septic regulations — the rules that actually bind here, which no page on this site restates from memory
• Tennessee septic records index

ZIP codes that overlap Cookeville

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Cookeville’s land area that falls in each. A ZIP is not a place boundary and the two only ever partly agree, which is exactly why both pages exist.

• ZIP 38501 (57% of the city)
• ZIP 38506 (43% of the city)
• ZIP 38505 (0% of the city)
• ZIP 38503 (0% of the city)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Cookeville.

• Algood — 5.2 mi
• Baxter — 6.8 mi
• Dodson Branch — 11.7 mi
• Monterey — 13.9 mi
• Sparta — 14.8 mi
• Gainesboro — 16.8 mi
• Bon Air — 16.8 mi
• Mayland — 18.4 mi
• Hilham — 18.6 mi
• Livingston — 19.6 mi
• Doyle — 20.2 mi
• Pleasant Hill — 21.1 mi
• Smithville — 21.6 mi
• Gordonsville — 23.5 mi
• Hickman — 23.9 mi
• Carthage — 25.2 mi
• South Carthage — 25.6 mi
• Dowelltown — 25.7 mi
• Bowman — 27.3 mi
• Celina — 27.7 mi
• Liberty — 27.8 mi
• Clarkrange — 28.2 mi
• Spencer — 28.3 mi
• Alexandria — 29.4 mi
• Crossville — 30.1 mi
• Lake Tansi — 31.7 mi
• Red Boiling Springs — 32.4 mi
• Statesville — 35.1 mi

Get the septic design for a property here

Parcel Perfect generates a code-shaped septic design and as-built style drawing for a parcel from the records and site data we hold, and shows every parcel we have classified as septic or sewer on one map. Both are open to use for any parcel in Putnam County, Tennessee.

Open the parcel map and design tool