Fordtown is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee,[1] located south of Colonial Heights.

This community's name was adopted due to the number of people with the Ford surname who lived in the area.

[2][3] Country singer Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919-1991) was born in Fordtown.

[4] The community is accessed by the road named after it, Fordtown Road.

This Sullivan County, Tennessee geography–related article is a stub.