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Tennessee (/ˌtɛnɪˈsiː/ ^ⓘ, locally /ˈtɛnɪsi/), is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. According to the United States Census Bureau, the state's estimated population as of 2024 is 7.22 million.

Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of East, Middle, and West Tennessee. Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, and anchors its largest metropolitan area. Tennessee has diverse terrain and landforms, and from east to west, contains a mix of cultural features characteristic of Appalachia, the Upland South, and the Deep South. The Blue Ridge Mountains along the eastern border reach some of the highest elevations in eastern North America, and the Cumberland Plateau contains many scenic valleys and waterfalls. The central part of the state is marked by cavernous bedrock and irregular rolling hills, and level, fertile plains define West Tennessee. The state is twice bisected by the Tennessee River, and the Mississippi River forms its western border. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the nation's most visited national park, is in eastern Tennessee.

Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachian Mountains. Its name derives from Tanasi (ᏔᎾᏏ), a Cherokee town preceding the first European American settlement. Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later the Southwest Territory, before its admission to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. It earned the nickname "The Volunteer State" due to a strong tradition of military service. A slave state until the American Civil War, Tennessee was politically divided, with most of its western and middle parts supporting the Confederacy, and most of the eastern region harboring pro-Union sentiment. As a result, Tennessee was the last state to officially secede from the Union and join the Confederacy, and the first former Confederate state readmitted to the Union after the war had ended during the Reconstruction era. (Full article...)

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AutoZone Park in Memphis and
First Horizon Park in Nashville

The Redbirds–Sounds rivalry is a Minor League Baseball rivalry between Tennessee's two Triple-A baseball teams, the Memphis Redbirds and the Nashville Sounds. The teams compete in the West Division of the International League. Their games are played at Memphis' AutoZone Park and Nashville's First Horizon Park. From 2012 to 2015, the rivalry was incorporated into a promotion called the I-40 Cup Series.

Separated by an approximately 200-mile (320 km) stretch of Interstate 40, competition between professional baseball teams from Memphis and Nashville began in 1885 in the original Southern League. The cities later fielded teams in the Southern Association and modern Southern League. The rivalry between the Redbirds and Sounds began in 1998 when both teams became members of the Pacific Coast League and continued in 2021 following placement in the Triple-A East, which became the International League in 2022. (Full article...)

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Craigmiles Hall (on the right) in downtown Cleveland

Cleveland is the county seat of, and largest city in, Bradley County, Tennessee. The population was 47,356 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee (consisting of Bradley and neighboring Polk County), which is included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton, TN–GA–AL Combined Statistical Area.

Cleveland is the seventeenth-largest city in Tennessee and has the fifth-largest industrial economy, having thirteen Fortune 500 manufacturers. (Full article...)

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Image 1The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 21861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 3The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 4The resort city of Gatlinburg borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the most visited national park in the United States. (from Tennessee)
Image 5The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 6Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 7Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 8The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 9John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 10Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 11A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 12in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 13Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 14Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 15Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 16Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 17Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 18The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 19Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 20The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 21Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 22Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 23Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 24The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 25Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 26Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 27The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 28Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 29Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 30Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 31Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 32Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 33The Grand Ole Opry, which was recorded in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium from 1943 to 1974, is the longest-running radio broadcast in US history. (from Tennessee)
Image 34Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 35The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 36The Ocoee River was home to the 1996 Summer Olympics whitewater slalom events, the only Olympic sporting event ever held in the state. (from Tennessee)
Image 37Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 38Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 39Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 40Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 41Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 42Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 43Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 44Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 45The Ocoee River was home to the 1996 Summer Olympics whitewater slalom events, the only Olympic sporting event ever held in the state. (from Tennessee)
Image 46Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 47Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 48Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 49Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 50A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 51Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 52Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 53Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 54Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)

Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Non-Hispanic White

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Black or African American

50–60%

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Image 56The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 57The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 58Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 59The Grand Ole Opry, which was recorded in Nashville's Ryman Auditorium from 1943 to 1974, is the longest-running radio broadcast in US history. (from Tennessee)
Image 60in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 61A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 62Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 63Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 64Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 65The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 66Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 67A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 68Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 69Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
    90%+
  
  Black or African American
    50–60%
(from Tennessee)
Image 70The resort city of Gatlinburg borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the most visited national park in the United States. (from Tennessee)
Image 71Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 72A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 73Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 74Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 75Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 76The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 77Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 78Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 79Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)

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... that in 2015, GracePointe Church, Nashville, Tennessee, became one of the first evangelical megachurches to openly support full equality for LGBTQ people?
... that Mary Shadow, the first unmarried woman in the Tennessee House of Representatives, received fourteen marriage proposals after her election?
... that when guitarist Pete Wade was 19, he moved to Nashville with $3, his suitcase, two ham sandwiches, and the telephone numbers of Don Helms and Jerry Rivers?
... that the Ocoee salamander from Tennessee is named after the Cherokee word for Passiflora incarnata (passionflower)?
... that the owner of a Tennessee TV station denied that he had named it after himself, telling a reporter, "I'm not that much of an egotist"?
... that to promote the Buffalo Club, Rising Tide Records sent packages of plastic buffalo to music industry executives in Nashville?

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