Rockbank Capital Group, a small-business funding broker in Cookeville, Tennessee, works with owners in Putnam County and nearby towns in White, Overton, DeKalb, Jackson, Smith and Cumberland counties. Four towns have their own pages; others are summarized here from Census ZIP data. A lending partner makes each credit decision and sets the rates and terms.
How we work across the area
Rockbank has one address: 316 E Broad St, Cookeville, TN 38501. Owners elsewhere work with us by phone at (931) 213-5648 and through the online request form; there is nothing to drive in for. Town figures below come from ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023, and a postal ZIP almost always reaches well beyond town limits, so they are labelled as ZIP figures.
For Putnam County figures and the office ZIP, see the Putnam County overview.
Town pages
- Monterey, TN: Putnam County, about 13 miles east. 122 employers in ZIP 38574.
- Sparta, TN: White County, about 16 miles south. ZIP 38583 had 402.
- Livingston, TN: Overton County, about 18 miles north-northeast. ZIP 38570 had 265.
- Smithville, TN: DeKalb County, about 23 miles southwest. ZIP 37166 had 260.
Baxter, TN
Baxter is in Putnam County, about 7.6 miles west of Cookeville, TN. ZIP 38544 had 92 employer establishments in 2023, 56.5 percent with fewer than five employees, led by retail (18), other services (12) and construction (11) (U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023). Baxter covers about 4 percent of that ZIP's land.
Gainesboro, TN
Gainesboro is in Jackson County, about 16 miles north-northwest. ZIP 38562 had 88 employer establishments in 2023, 54.5 percent with fewer than five employees; retail (17) and health care (12) led (U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023). The town covers about 1 percent of the ZIP's land, so these are rural-area counts as much as town counts.
Gordonsville, TN
Gordonsville is in Smith County, about 24 miles west. ZIP 38563 had 68 employer establishments in 2023, with manufacturing and accommodation and food services tied at 10 each (U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023). Fewer than a third of them, 29.4 percent, employed under five people.
Smaller places nearby
Algood, TN (Putnam County, about 4 miles northeast) shares ZIP 38506 with part of Cookeville and has no postal ZIP under its own name in the Census business files. Dodson Branch (Jackson County), Bon Air and Doyle (White County), Hilham (Overton County), Mayland and Pleasant Hill (Cumberland County) and Hickman (Smith County) are smaller communities within about 25 miles. Their business counts are not reported separately here, but owners there work with us the same way: phone or the online form.
Before you call from outside Putnam County, TN
County and town licensing differs across these places, and records such as liens are kept by the county where the business is located. Know which county your business address sits in before a partner asks.
By Rockbank Capital Group · Updated