Blanche is an

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Lincoln County,

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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. It is in the southwest part of the county and is bordered to the southeast by Taft.

Tennessee State Route 110 State Route 110 (SR 110) is a Tennessee state highway in Limestone County, Alabama and Giles and Lincoln counties in Tennessee. It connects Ardmore, Tennessee/Ardmore, Alabama with Fayetteville, Tennessee. Route description SR 110 begins in A ...

passes through Blanche, leading southwest to Ardmore and northeast to Fayetteville, the Lincoln

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. The east side of Blanche drains to Pinnel Creek, and the west side drains Kelly Creek; both creeks flow north to the Elk River, a southwest-flowing tributary of the

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. The south part of the CDP drains to

Limestone Creek Limestone Creek is long with a Drainage basin, drainage area of , and is a tributary to the Tennessee River. The river rises in Lincoln County, Tennessee, Lincoln County, Tennessee, and flows south into Madison County, Alabama, Madison County, A ...

, which flows south to the Tennessee River in

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Demographics

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Populated places in Lincoln County, Tennessee Census-designated places in Lincoln County, Tennessee Census-designated places in Tennessee {{LincolnCountyTN-geo-stub