Temperance Hall is an unincorporated community in northern DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States.

The community is situated along State Highway 264 and Smith Fork Creek between Alexandria and Center Hill Lake and has a total area of roughly 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2).

[2][4] The area is predominantly situated in the extreme northern part of ZIP code 37095 (Liberty), although it partially lies within 38569 (Lancaster).

The edges of ZIP codes 37012 (Alexandria) and 38567 (Hickman) cover areas less than a mile from the center of the community, on the opposite side of Smith Fork Creek.

The largest mill, built by settler Samuel Caplinger, was located about half a mile northwest of town at the confluence of the Smith Fork and a smaller branch.

Some of the mill's remains are still intact, located approximately 500 feet (150 m) to the southwest of the State Highway 264 bridge across the Smith Fork.

[3] Many homes were built in the area around the mill as settlers were attracted to the fertile farm land along the Smith Fork.

Perhaps the most notable citizen of Temperance Hall during the 1800s was Colonel William Brickly Stokes, a politician and Union general during the American Civil War.

However, most of the residents were farmers by profession and produced much corn, wheat, sorghum, and livestock, which was transported to the larger cities for sale.

Later, a two-story frame building with large columns and covered entrances was built and named Earl Academy, in honor of the school's first teacher.

The center also serves as the polling place for Temperance Hall and the nearby Long Branch and Cove Hollow communities and can be rented privately for special events.

The second floor of the hotel had a long hallway in which townspeople would gather to hear lectures and speeches on the issue of temperance.