Algood is a city[6] in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States.

While Algood was not established until the late 19th century, in the early 19th century a small community developed just south of modern Algood at White Plains, an antebellum plantation and important stopover along the Walton Road (which connected Nashville and Knoxville).

1,456 feet (444 m)), one of a series of low, wide ridges in the area that present as "stair steps" from the Highland Rim to the Cumberland Plateau.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,963 people, 1,883 households, and 1,138 families residing in the city.

30.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.