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Clinch Mountain is a mountain ridge in the U.S. states of Tennessee and Virginia, lying in the ridge-and-valley section of the Appalachian Mountains.From its southern terminus at Kitts Point, which lies at the intersection of Knox, Union and Grainger counties near Blaine, Tennessee, it runs in a generally east-northeasterly direction to Garden Mountain near Burke's Garden, Virginia.
Eidson is an unincorporated community located on the north side of Clinch Mountain in Hawkins County, Tennessee. It is part of the Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.
Clinch was the name of an 18th-century explorer of the area. [5] Former variations of the name included "Clinch's River", "Clench River", "Clinches River" and " Fiume Clinchs". [ 1 ] Folk etymology , however, provides a more colorful account: the river received its name after a pioneer fell into it, and shouted "Clinch me!
US-11W near Blaine, with the Clinch Mountain range rising in the distance. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 302 square miles (780 km 2), of which 281 square miles (730 km 2) is land and 22 square miles (57 km 2) (7.2%) is water. [31]
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Thorn Hill is located in the central northeastern corner of Grainger County. It is situated adjacent to the intersection of U.S. Route 25E, and Tennessee State Route 131. Clinch Mountain and adjacent ridges in the Clinch River Valley rise prominently to the south and north of Thorn Hill respectively. [6]
Joppa is an unincorporated community in rural central-western Grainger County, Tennessee, United States. [2] It rests below Joppa Mountain, a subrange located near the southern terminus of the 150 mile (240 km) long Clinch Mountain ridge complex, offering views of five U.S. States and the Great Smoky Mountains.
Coal Creek is a tributary of the Clinch River in Tennessee.The stream is approximately 10.3 miles (16.6 km) long. Coal Creek flows northward along the southeastern base of Cross Mountain, slicing a narrow valley in which the communities of Briceville and Fraterville are located, to Rocky Top at the eastern base of the Cumberland Plateau.