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Rhea Springs

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท TENNESSEE

A historical populated place in Rhea County, Tennessee, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Rhea Springs
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Tennessee
County
Rhea County
USGS Map
Spring City
Coordinates
35.6759044, -84.8285565
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GNIS Feature ID
1311760

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Originally a Methodist meeting site, now inundated by Watts Bar Lake

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1311760. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map Soil Conservation Service, Bureau of Soils, Soils maps; various edition dates.
  • Text Barr, Thomas C., Jr. Caves of Tennessee: Bulletin 64. Nashville, Tn.: Tennessee Dept. of Conservation, Division of Geology, 1961.
  • Text U.S. Board on Geographic Names Geographic Names Post Phase I Board/Staff Revisions 2000-01-01 00:00:00 Board decisions referenced after Phase I data compilation or staff researched non-controversial names.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.