Editing Dunlap, Tennessee (section)

==Geography==
Dunlap is located at {{coord|35|22|38|N|85|23|18|W|type:city}} (35.377236, -85.388455).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The city is located near the center of [[Sequatchie Valley]], a narrow, {{convert|65|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} valley that slices through the [[Cumberland Plateau]] in southeastern Tennessee and northeastern [[Alabama]]. The plateau's western Sequatchie Valley escarpment, known locally as "Fredonia Mountain," rises over {{convert|1000|ft|m}} above the valley just west of Dunlap. The Sequatchie River forms the city's southeastern boundary.

[[U.S. Route 127]] (called "Rankin Avenue" in Dunlap), which traverses much of the Tennessee section of Sequatchie Valley, connects Dunlap to [[Pikeville, Tennessee|Pikeville]] and [[Crossville, Tennessee|Crossville]] to the north and [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]] opposite [[Signal Mountain, Tennessee|Signal Mountain]] to the southeast. [[Tennessee State Route 28|S.R. 28]], which intersects with U.S. 127 in Dunlap, connects the city to [[Jasper, Tennessee|Jasper]] to the southwest. [[Tennessee State Route 111|S.R. 111]], which intersects US 127 a few miles north of Dunlap, connects the city to Chattanooga to the southeast and [[Spencer, Tennessee|Spencer]] atop the plateau to the west.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|8.6|sqmi|km2}}, all land.