Rheatown is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in eastern

Greene County, Tennessee Greene County is a county located on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 70,152. Its county seat is Greeneville. Greene County comprises the Greeneville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Are ...

just north of Chuckey.

History

Rheatown was said to be one the oldest communities in Greene County, its first settlers having arrived in the early 1780s. It was located along the old

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road between Jonesborough and Greeneville (one of the main roads passing through the community today still bears the name "Old Stage Road"). By the 1820s, it had a post office and several businesses, and had been named in honor of Congressman

John Rhea John Rhea (pronounced ) (1753May 27, 1832) was an American soldier and politician of the early 19th century who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. Rhea County, Tennessee and Rheatown, Tennessee, Rheatown, a co ...

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History of Greene County
', Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1887. Accessed at TNGenWeb.org, 2015.David H. Burr,
Map of Kentucky and Tennessee Exhibiting the Post Offices, Post Roads, Canals, Rail Roads, etc.
" ''The American Atlas'' (J. Arrowsmith: 1839). Accessed at the Library of Congress American Memory Collection, 2015. It was incorporated as a town in 1856, however it is now unincorporated.

Postal service

Rheatown had a post office from 1823 until an unknown time. However it does not currently have its own post office or zip code. Chuckey's zip code (37641) and post office serves Rheatown.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Greene County, Tennessee Former municipalities in Tennessee