Riceville 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 ...

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

McMinn County McMinn County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in East Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,794. The county has a total area of . Most of the county is within the Ridge and Valley province of the Ap ...

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

, United States. It is located some 60 miles southwest of

Knoxville Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's ...

, and midway between Knoxville and

Chattanooga Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...

, and in closer proximity, between

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and

Calhoun John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) was the 7th vice president of the United States. Calhoun can also refer to: Surname * Calhoun (surname) Inhabited places in the United States *Calhoun, Georgia *Calhoun, Illinois * Calhoun, Kansas * Calhoun, Kentuc ...

.Charles L. Bradshaw, ''POST YOUR PEG HIGH'',

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, 2009, p. 2

/ref> Its population was 1,140 as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census.

Demographics

Education

McMinn County Schools McMinn County School District or McMinn County Schools is a school district headquartered in Athens, Tennessee. Most of McMinn County is zoned to the district for all grade levels. Residents of Athens and Etowah however have separate school di ...

operates public schools, including Riceville Elementary School. Riceville Is almost home to private Christian school Valley Christian Academy (K-8) it will be expanding into a high school as well to cater to grades 9–12.

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Census-designated places in McMinn County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Census-designated places in Tennessee Unincorporated communities in McMinn County, Tennessee {{McMinnCountyTN-geo-stub