Hardware at eleven miles, a farm co-op at sixteen, and a Walmart at twenty-one.
The practical question about rural land is how far you drive for a bag of concrete, a roll of fence wire or a box of shells. The answer here is: a hardware store and a lumber yard in Parsons, a full farm co‑op in Decaturville, and a Walmart Supercenter in Camden — none of it more than half an hour.
Hardware and lumber, eleven miles out.
Ace Hardware of Parsons
On Tennessee Avenue North. Tools, fasteners, plumbing and electrical bits, paint — the run you make three times on any build day.
Buck Building Supply
West Main Street, Parsons. A building‑supply and lumber dealer serving west and middle Tennessee — framing lumber, sheet goods and materials by the load rather than by the armful. A second location is listed in Decaturville.
Tractor Supply is in Parsons too — on Herbert Volner Lane, about eleven miles — which covers fencing, gates, troughs, chain, trailer parts and work clothes without a trip to a city. For a big or odd order, Lexington is half an hour and Jackson an hour.
First Farmers Co-op.
The co‑op on West Main Street in Decaturville is the one that matters if you are going to keep anything or grow anything. Its own listing covers bulk feed, livestock supplies and services, farm and rural‑lifestyle goods, equipment rental and a fuel plant.
That is the difference between a hobby block and workable land: somebody within half an hour who sells feed by the ton, will rent you a post driver, and can put fuel in a tank on your place.
Where the food comes from.
- Parsons, 11 mi
- Food Giant on Tennessee Avenue North and Lackey’s Supermarket — a full weekly shop, plus a Dollar General and a Family Dollar.
- Decaturville, 15 mi
- Johnson’s Food Warehouse on North Pleasant Street, open seven days, and Papa’s Plants & Produce in season.
- Camden, 21 mi
- Walmart Supercenter on Highway 641 North, with a Piggly Wiggly and a Dollar Tree. This is the stock‑up trip.
- Five miles
- Love’s, Pilot and a Dollar General at the interstate for milk, ice and the thing you forgot.
Where you buy shells and get a license.
This is hunting and fishing country, and it is supplied like it.
Shooters Sporting Goods
Highway 641 North at Camden, about twenty‑one miles — the nearest dedicated sporting‑goods and gun shop.
Decaturville Armory
North Pleasant Street in Decaturville, about sixteen miles, in the county seat.
Bait and gas at the ramp
The state’s own access record for the Cherokee ramp — seven miles — lists bait and gas on site, so you can tackle up on the way to the water.
Everything else, and where it is.
- Pharmacy
- Cornerstone Pharmacy at Decaturville, with chain pharmacy counters at Camden. Parsons has pharmacy service in town as well.
- Bank
- Decatur County Bank at Decaturville, and branches in Parsons — a local bank, which matters more than it sounds when you are buying land.
- Post office
- There is a post office in Sugar Tree — about four miles — plus Holladay, Parsons and Decaturville.
- Library
- Decatur County Public Library at Decaturville.
- Fuel and propane
- Marathon, Shell, BP and Texaco stations at the exit, Parsons and Decaturville; the co‑op runs a fuel plant.
- Vet
- Animal Care Clinic at Parsons, about eleven miles.
- Boats and trailers
- Dottie’s Marine near the exit, about four miles, plus marine service at Decaturville. Trailer repair at Parsons.
- Big-box and the city
- Lexington for a larger shop, and Jackson at about an hour for everything else — mall, hospital, airport and warehouse clubs.
Come stand on it.
The drive takes anything — bring the family car. Tell me when and I will meet you there. Most people are on the ground inside twenty minutes of turning off I‑40.