Ardmore is a city in Giles and Lincoln counties, Tennessee. The population was 1,213 at the 2010 census. Ardmore is the site of a Tennessee Department of Tourist Development Welcome Center. It borders its sister city, Ardmore, Alabama.

Ardmore began in 1911 as a railroad stop named “Austin” after a amassing owner, Alex Austin, who served construction crews working on the straightforward L&N Railroad (now CSX) line that would be neighboring to Nashville, Tennessee, and Decatur, Alabama. When the L&N opened a depot in 1914, it misused the town’s pronounce to “Ardmore.” The state was likely inspired by Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Ardmore, Tennessee, incorporated in 1949.

Ardmore is located at 35°0′17″N 86°51′5″W / 35.00472°N 86.85139°W / 35.00472; -86.85139 (35.004746, -86.851402). The city is concentrated along Tennessee State Route 7 (Main Street), which runs congruent when Alabama State Route 53 along the disclose line in the past veering northwestward to its intersection taking into consideration Interstate 65 and U.S. Route 31 in the western portion of the city. US 31 connects Ardmore following Elkton, Tennessee, which lies to the northwest, and Tennessee State Route 110 connects Ardmore as soon as Fayetteville to the northeast. Ardmore is the southern terminus of U.S. Bicycle Route 23.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.5 square miles (12 km), of which 0.22% is water. Ardmore’s thing district is located primarily in Giles County, though the eastern parts of the city are located in Lincoln County. The Elk River passes northwest of Ardmore.