Birchwood is an unincorporated community in Hamilton and Meigs counties in Tennessee, United States.

According to the 2022 American Community Survey the 37308 Zip Code Tabulation Area had a total population of 2,663.

[3] Birchwood is known as the location of the Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival, generally held annually in January at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge.

The Cherokee leader John Jolly operated a trading post on Hiwassee Island, on the north side of what is now Birchwood.

[4] The Roark-Conner Association has continued to document the genealogy and history of Birchwood.