Rhea County

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Rhea County is a county in southeastern Tennessee best known as the site of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial," a landmark case on the teaching of evolution in public schools.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rhea County canonical 6
Rhea County government 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
borders Bledsoe County, Tennessee ⓘ
Cumberland County, Tennessee ⓘ
Hamilton County, Tennessee ⓘ
Lauderdale County, Alabama (across the Tennessee River) ⓘ
McMinn County, Tennessee ⓘ
Meigs County, Tennessee ⓘ
Roane County, Tennessee ⓘ
contains Dayton, Tennessee ⓘ
Graysville, Tennessee ⓘ
Spring City, Tennessee ⓘ
Tennessee River ⓘ
part of Chickamauga Lake ⓘ
part of Watts Bar Lake ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateEstablished 1807 ⓘ
formedFrom Roane County, Tennessee ⓘ
hasAreaCode 423 ⓘ
hasClimate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasCountySeat Dayton, Tennessee ⓘ
hasFIPSCode 47143 ⓘ
hasGNISID 01386240 ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Rhea County Courthouse ⓘ
hasHistoricEvent Scopes Trial ⓘ
hasHistoricEventYear 1925 ⓘ
hasLargestCity Dayton, Tennessee ⓘ
hasMajorHighway State Route 30 ⓘ
State Route 68 ⓘ
U.S. Route 27 ⓘ
hasMetropolitanArea Chattanooga, Tennessee metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Chattanooga
hasMotto “Proud Past, Bright Future” (commonly used slogan) ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://rheacountytn.gov/ ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 33,000 (2020 census) ⓘ
hasPopulationCensusYear 2020 ⓘ
hasPublicHighSchool Rhea County High School ⓘ
hasRegion East Tennessee ⓘ
hasSchoolDistrict Rhea County Schools ⓘ
knownFor 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial ⓘ
legal history of teaching evolution in public schools ⓘ
locatedIn Tennessee ⓘ
United States Census Bureau East Tennessee region ⓘ
southeastern Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
namedAfter John Rhea ⓘ
partOf United States state of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Tennessee
state Tennessee ⓘ
subdivisionType county ⓘ
trialHeldAt Rhea County Courthouse ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rhea County Courthouse → operator → Rhea County government ⓘ
linked to: Rhea County
Rhea County Schools → county → Rhea County ⓘ
Rhea County High School → county → Rhea County ⓘ
Rhea County Commission → county → Rhea County ⓘ