Red Sulphur Springs is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Hardin County,

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. Red Sulphur Springs is located on

Tennessee State Route 57 State Route 57 (SR 57) is an east–west highway that runs from Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis to the Mississippi state line near Pickwick Dam and Pickwick Landing State Park. Except for in Shelby County, Tennessee, Shelby County and western ...

near the

Tennessee River The Tennessee River is a long river located in the Southern United States, southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. Flowing through the states of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, it begins at the confluence of Fren ...

and just north of the

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border. The community takes its name from a nearby

mineral spring Mineral springs are naturally occurring springs that produce hard water, water that contains dissolved minerals. Salts, sulfur compounds, and gases are among the substances that can be dissolved in the spring water during its passage un ...

of the same name.

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Unincorporated communities in Hardin County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{HardinCountyTN-geo-stub