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Welcome to Rye Cove ...

Rye Cove is located in Scott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rye Cove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1845.

A typical abbreviation for Rye Cove: Rye Cv.

Rye Cove is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rye Cove lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Rye Cove: 276

Communities near Rye Cove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rye Cove.

  • Kingsport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kingsport is located in Sullivan County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,112 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingsport <3>
  • Bloomingdale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
  • Colonial Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Church Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Mount Carmel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Big Stone Gap
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Waycross
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Waycross is located in Hawkins County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
  • Norton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Wise
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Blair Gap
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rye Cove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rye Cove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rye Cove. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rye Cove.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rye Cove. See our Newspapers Page for Rye Cove.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rye Cove ...

Looking for more information about Rye Cove? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rye Cove, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rye Cove.

Adding Rye Cove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rye Cove in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Rye Cove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Rye Cove post office opened in 1845. The Rye Cove post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rye Cove.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Scott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rye Cove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/