Rarity Bay is a

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 count ...

(CDP) in Loudon and Monroe counties,

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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. its population during the census was 885. It is in the southern part of Loudon County and the northern part of Monroe County, occupying a peninsula in

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, with the

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to the southeast and the cove of Bat Creek to the northwest.

Tennessee State Route 72 State Route 72 (SR 72) is a state highway in the eastern portion of U.S. state of Tennessee. It travels through the towns of Vonore and Loudon. Route description Roane County SR 72 begins in Roane County at an intersection with SR 58 jus ...

runs along the western edge of the CDP, leading south to

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in Vonore and north to Loudon.

Demographics

References

Populated places in Loudon County, Tennessee Census-designated places in Loudon County, Tennessee Populated places in Monroe County, Tennessee Census-designated places in Monroe County, Tennessee Census-designated places in Tennessee Tennessee Valley Authority {{MonroeCountyTN-geo-stub2