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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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The Nashville Seraphs, often known as the Nashvilles, were a minor league baseball team that played in the Class B Southern League in 1895. They were located in Nashville, Tennessee, and played their home games at Athletic Park, later known as Sulphur Dell. The club won the Southern League pennant in their only season, becoming the city's first minor league baseball team to win a league championship.

The Nashvilles spent the majority of the season at or near the top of the league standings and held an above-.500 winning percentage on all but Opening Day. From August 15 to the season finale on September 3, the Seraphs won 20 consecutive games, which propelled them from seven games out of first place to a tie with the Atlanta Crackers atop the standings. Both teams possessed .670 records and asserted to be the rightful pennant winners. At the league's annual winter meeting that December, nearly four months later, Nashville was declared the Southern League champion for 1895. (Full article...)

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Jack Daniel's is a brand of Tennessee whiskey produced at Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, which has been owned by the Brown–Forman Corporation since 1956.

Packaged in square bottles, Jack Daniel's "Black Label" Tennessee whiskey sold 12.9 million nine-liter cases in 2017. Other brand variations, such as Tennessee Honey, Tennessee Apple, Gentleman Jack, Tennessee Fire, and ready to drink (RTD) products brought the total to more than 16.1 million equivalent adjusted cases for the entire Jack Daniel's family of brands. (Full article...)

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Image 1Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 2A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 3Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 4The 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 5The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 6A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 7The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 8Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 9Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 10Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)

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

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Image 12The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 13The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 14Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 15Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 16Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 17Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 18Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 19John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 20Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 21The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 221861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 23Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 24A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 25The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 26Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 27Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 28Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 29Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 30Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 31The 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 32The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 33Map 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 34Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 35Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 36Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 37A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 38The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 39Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 40Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 41Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 42Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 43Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 44Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 45Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 46Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 47Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 48Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 49Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 50Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 51Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 52Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 53The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from 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)
Image 55The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 56The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 57Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 58Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 59The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 60The 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 61Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 62The 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 63Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 64The 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 65A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 66Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 67Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 68Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 69Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 70Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 71Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 72Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 73Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 74The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 75Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 76in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 77The 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 78Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 79in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)

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... that Gerald Willis, after working as a bus driver at age 15, started a business that earned $2 million per year and built a replica of the Hermitage after watching The President's Lady?
... that Symphyotrichum kentuckiense, the Kentucky aster, is only found on limestone cedar glades and limestone roadsides in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee?
... that Mister Rogers said that Mr. Chuck, the host of a children's show on the public TV station in Memphis, Tennessee, was "truly remarkable" and "achieving things I still struggle to achieve"?
... that the 75/24 Split in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been one of the worst bottlenecks for trucks in the United States?
... that the Pellissippi Parkway in East Tennessee takes its name from a Native American name that was applied to both the Clinch and Ohio Rivers?
... that silver dimes kept a Tennessee TV station on the air?

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