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Tennessee (/ˌtɛnɪˈsiː/ ^ⓘ TEN-iss-EE, locally /ˈtɛnɪsi/ TEN-iss-ee), officially the State of Tennessee, 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. 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. Other major cities include Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Clarksville. Tennessee's population as of the 2020 United States census is approximately 6.9 million.

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 in the eastern part of the state that existed before 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" early in its history 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 lengthy Reconstruction era.

During the 20th century, Tennessee transitioned from a predominantly agrarian society to a more diversified economy. This was aided in part by massive federal investment in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the city of Oak Ridge, which was established during World War II to house the Manhattan Project's uranium enrichment facilities for the construction of the world's first atomic bombs. After the war, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory became a key center of scientific research. In 2016, the element tennessine was named for the state, largely in recognition of the roles played by Oak Ridge, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee in its discovery. Tennessee has also played a major role in the development of many forms of popular music, including country, blues, rock and roll, soul, and gospel. (Full article...)

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First Horizon Park at dusk

First Horizon Park, formerly known as First Tennessee Park, is a baseball park in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The home of the Triple-A Nashville Sounds of the International League, it opened on April 17, 2015, and can seat up to 10,000 people. It replaced the Sounds' former home, Herschel Greer Stadium, where the team played from its founding in 1978 through 2014.

The park was built on the site of the former Sulphur Dell, a minor league ballpark in use from 1885 to 1963. It is located between Third and Fifth Avenues on the east and west (home plate, the pitcher's mound, and second base are directly in line with Fourth Avenue to the stadium's north and south) and between Junior Gilliam Way and Harrison Street on the north and south. The Nashville skyline can be seen from the stadium to the south. (Full article...)

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Downtown Clarksville

Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state, after Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. The city had a population of 166,722 as of the 2020 census.

It is the principal central city of the Clarksville metropolitan area, which consists of Montgomery and Stewart counties in Tennessee and Christian and Trigg counties in Kentucky.

The city was founded in 1785 and incorporated in 1807, and named for General George Rogers Clark, frontier fighter and Revolutionary War hero, and brother of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. (Full article...)

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Image 1Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 2The 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 3Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 4Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 5Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 6Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 7A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 8Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 9The 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 10Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 11A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 12The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 13The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 14The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 15Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 16Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 17Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 18Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 19A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 20The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 21Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 22Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 23The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 24The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 25in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 26Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 27Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 28The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 29Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 30Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 31Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 32Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 33Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 34A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 35Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 36in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 37Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (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%

(from Tennessee)

Image 391861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 40Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 41Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 42The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 43The 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 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 Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 46The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 47Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 48Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 49Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 50Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 51The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 52Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 53Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 54A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 55Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 56Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 57Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 58John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 59Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 60Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 61Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 62Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 63Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 64Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 65Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 66Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 67The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 68Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 69Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 70Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 71The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 72Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 73The 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 74The 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 75Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 76Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 77Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 78The 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 79Map 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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... that Interstate 81 in Tennessee was the site of a carjacking that culminated in the Lillelid murders in 1997?
... that WLOK, the first Black-owned radio station in Memphis, Tennessee, organizes an annual "Stone Soul Picnic" gospel concert series?
... that portions of Tennessee State Route 158 have been called "Front Street", "Front Avenue", "Lakefront Drive", "Neyland Drive", and "James White Parkway"?
... that a founder of a Tennessee radio station bought it back from the same group he had sold it to, who in turn had bought it back themselves?
... that the Ocoee salamander from Tennessee is named after the Cherokee word for Passiflora incarnata (passionflower)?
... that a section of Interstate 65 in Tennessee was the first part of the Interstate Highway System to open in the state?

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