Bumpus Cove (formerly known as Bumpass Cove) is an

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in Unicoi and

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Counties,

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, United States. Bumpus Cove is located on

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and Bumpus Cove Road west of

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. The community occupies a

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of the same name between Embreeville Mountain on the west and Rich Mountain on the east.

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