Zion Methodist Episcopal Church in the early 1850s, it was officially named "Mt.

Zion applied to the United States Post Office Department to have it reopened, the application was approved on the condition that it do so with a new name, to avoid confusion with Mt.

The town was officially incorporated as "Munford" by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly in 1905, and Sterling Hicks Bass Sr. was elected as its first mayor.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,302 people, 2,283 households, and 1,898 families residing in the city.

According to the 2007–2011 American Community Survey, the median household income in Munford was $56,242.

[13] The fire department serves around 15,000 residents of the Munford and Atoka communities; however, "the department also serves county residents outside the corporate limits, which brings the population base up to an estimated 30,000."

Every six months, the fire "department also remains up to date with safety inspections of all businesses."

"The priorities of the department are clear: Life Safety, Emergency Incident Stabilization, and Property Conservation.

The fair lasts all day and is packed full with booths and vendors.