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 Bumpus Cove Creek and Bumpus Cove Road west of Erwin. The community occupies a

cove A cove is a small bay or coastal inlet. They usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often situated within a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creek (tidal), creeks, or recesses in a coast ...

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

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Unincorporated communities in Unicoi County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{WashingtonCountyTN-geo-stub