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is a town in Grainger County, Tennessee, United States. It is the county seat of Grainger County. It is part of the Morristown, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,187.
Rutledge is located at (36.279991, -83.518008). The town is situated near the center of Richland Valley, a narrow valley that stretches for some along the southern base of Clinch Mountain between Blaine and Bean Station. Richland Creek traverses most of the valley en route to its confluence along the Cherokee Lake impoundment of the Holston River, approximately downstream from Rutledge. Cherokee Lake's Ray Creek embayment is located approximately east of Rutledge.
Rutledge is centered around the junction of U.S. Route 11W, which connects the town to Kingsport to the east and Knoxville to the west, and Tennessee State Route 92, which connects the town to Jefferson County and Interstate 40 to the south. U.S. Route 25, which traverses Clinch Mountain, intersects US-11W approximately east of Rutledge.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12.1 km²), all land.