Church Hill is a city in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,998 at the 2020 census and 6,737 at the 2010 census. It is ration of the Kingsport–Bristol (TN)–Bristol (VA) Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the “Tri-Cities” region. It is the largest municipality located very within Hawkins County.

The community was received as a trading post and stagecoach stop called Spencer’s Mill and Patterson Mill in the late 18th century. The name “Church Hill” came later, following the inauguration of a Methodist church “on the hill” overlooking the Holston River valley. The church yet stands today upon Grandview Street. The city of Church Hill was incorporated in 1958.

One of Church Hill’s most notable landmarks is the New Canton Plantation and its antebellum mansion, Canton Hall, owned by the Hord family. Other landmarks supplement Smith Place, built in the in the future 20th century, and the former site of Carter’s Store, a 1770s-era trading outpost established by Tennessee pioneer John Carter.

Church Hill is located in eastern Hawkins County at 36°31′15″N 82°43′32″W / 36.52083°N 82.72556°W / 36.52083; -82.72556 (36.520845, -82.725472). The city is situated in the course of rolling hills upon the northern portion of Smith Bend, overlooking the Holston River. The city is bordered by Mount Carmel to the northeast, and the Holston Army Ammunition Plant lies to the southeast, across the Holston River. Bays Mountain, a prominent Ridge-and-Valley formation, dominates the horizon to the south.