Richland Creek is a

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. It is a tributary of the Elk River. It runs from

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, to

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, past Pulaski and flows into the Tennessee River below the border between Tennessee and Alabama.Eastin Morris
''The Tennessee Gazetteer, Or Topographical Dictionary''
W.H. Hunt & Company, 1834, p. 139 This is one of at least five streams by the name of "Richland Creek" in various regions of Tennessee.

Other "Richland Creeks" in Tennessee

Richland Creek (Nashville, Tennessee) Richland Creek is a stream in the western part of Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County.Eastin Morris''The Tennessee Gazetteer, Or Topographical Dictionary'' W.H. Hunt & Company, 1834, p. 139 It winds for through the Nashville suburbs of Be ...

– a

in the western part of

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, in Davidson County that flows into the Cumberland River. *A tributary of the

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in Rhea County (northeast of

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). *A northern branch of the

Holston River The Holston River is a river that flows from Kingsport, Tennessee, to Knoxville, Tennessee. Along with its three major forks (North Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork), it comprises a major river system that drains much of northeastern Tennessee ...

, about 20 miles northeast of

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, flowing by the town of Rutledge in Grainger County. *An eastern tributary of the Tennessee River in Humphreys County, about 70 miles west of Nashville.

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