Editing Huntsville, Tennessee (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Huntsville-town-spring-waterfall-tn1.jpg|right|upright=0.95|thumb|Waterfall along Town Spring, a tributary of New River]]
Huntsville is located at {{coord|36|24|39|N|84|29|42|W|type:city}} (36.410732, -84.495124).<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>  The town is situated atop the [[Cumberland Plateau]] at just over {{convert|10|mi|km}} west of the plateau's eastern escarpment.  Huntsville's southern boundary is located along a series of cliffs overlooking [[New River (Tennessee)|New River]], approximately {{convert|15|mi|km}} upstream from the river's mouth along the [[Big South Fork of the Cumberland River]].  Huntsville is surrounded by low mountains and hills that comprise the southern section of the [[Cumberland Mountains]].

Huntsville's town center is situated along [[Tennessee State Route 63|State Route 63]] (SR 63, Howard Baker Highway), although the town's municipal boundaries stretch westward to SR 63's junction with [[U.S. Route 27 in Tennessee|U.S. Route 27]] (US 27, Scott Highway). SR 63 intersects [[Interstate 75 in Tennessee|Interstate 75]] (I-75) approximately {{convert|15|mi|km}} east of Huntsville, near the base of the Cumberland Plateau.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|3.3|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.