Editing Altamont, Tennessee (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Altamont-park-tn1.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Veterans' Park in Altamont]]
Altamont is located in north-central Grundy County at {{coord|35|26|2|N|85|43|57|W|type:city}} (35.433954, -85.732428).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is situated atop the southern [[Cumberland Plateau]] between the plateau's [[Highland Rim]] escarpment to the west and Savage Gulf to the east. The latter is a gorge sliced by the upper watershed of the [[Collins River]] (Altamont is part of this watershed) as the river descends from the plateau to the Highland Rim en route to its mouth at the [[Caney Fork]] in adjacent [[Warren County, Tennessee|Warren County]]. Altamont is surrounded by hills on all sides, and the central area of the town itself straddles a flattened-out hillslope.

Several state highways intersect at the center of Altamont. [[Tennessee State Route 56]] (Main Street) connects Altamont to [[Beersheba Springs, Tennessee|Beersheba Springs]] and [[McMinnville, Tennessee|McMinnville]] to the north and [[Coalmont, Tennessee|Coalmont]], [[Tracy City, Tennessee|Tracy City]] and [[Monteagle, Tennessee|Monteagle]] to the south. [[Tennessee State Route 108]], connects the town to [[Viola, Tennessee|Viola]] and McMinnville to the northwest and [[Whitwell, Tennessee|Whitwell]] to the southeast. [[Tennessee State Route 50]] connects Altamont to [[Pelham, Tennessee|Pelham]] and [[Interstate 24]] to the southwest.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|52.2|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4700940| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Altamont town, Tennessee| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=February 24, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>