Riceville is an

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and

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(CDP) in McMinn County,

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

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, and midway between Knoxville and

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, and in closer proximity, between

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and

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

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, 2009, p. 2

/ref> Its population was 688 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 ...

operates public schools, including Riceville Elementary School.

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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