Tatum is located in Rusk County, and has close proximity to Longview, Tyler, Shreveport, and Nacogdoches. It is a centralized town located, approximately a 18 mile average to Carthage, Henderson, Kilgore, Longview, and Marshall and is only 52 miles from Tyler. Our town has a uniqueness in locale, that it is the crossroad of 4 East Texas Counties: Panola, Rusk, Harrison, and Gregg.
At a regional scale, Tatum is approximately 160 miles from Fort Worth, located at the far end of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, or about 2.5 hours of driving time. The larger cities of Austin and San Antonio are within 4.5-5.5 hour drive from Tatum.