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Rhea County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Named after
- John Rhea
- Seat
- Dayton
- Largest city
- Dayton
- Total
- 336 sq mi (870 km )
- Land
- 315 sq mi (820 km )
- Water
- 21 sq mi (54 km ) 6.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 34,844
- Density
- 101/sq mi (39/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- rheacountytn .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Rhea
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Contains
- Dayton
- Capital
- Dayton
- Population
- 32870
- Area
- 871
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Bledsoe County
- Official website
- www.rheacountytn.com
- Image
- Rhea county courthouse usda.jpg
- Households
- 12324
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- Commons category
- Rhea County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Rhea County, Tennessee
- inception
- 1807-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 6.3
- native label
- Rhea County
- per capita income
- 23634
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rhea County, Tennessee
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Encyclopedic overview
Rhea County (/reɪ/ RAY) is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, its population was 32,870. Its county seat is Dayton. Rhea County comprises the Dayton, TN micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton, TN–GA–AL Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhea County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.