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Tennessee (/ˌtɛnɪˈsiː/ ^ⓘ, locally /ˈtɛnɪsi/), 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. 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 Appalachian Trail, also called the A.T., is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost 2,200 miles (3,540 km) between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, and passing through 14 states. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy claims the Appalachian Trail to be the world's longest hiking-only trail. More than three million people hike segments of it each year.

The trail was first proposed in 1921 and completed in 1937. Improvements and changes have continued since then. It became the Appalachian National Scenic Trail under the National Trails System Act of 1968. (Full article...)

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New Year's Eve, Old Crow Medicine Show at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN -December 2024

Old Crow Medicine Show is an Americana string band based in Nashville, Tennessee, that has been recording since 1998. They were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on September 17, 2013. Their ninth album, Remedy, released in 2014, won the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album. The group's music has been called old-time, folk, and alternative country. Along with original songs, the band performs many pre-World War II blues and folk songs.

Bluegrass musician Doc Watson discovered the band while its members were busking outside a pharmacy in Boone, North Carolina, in 2000. With an old-time string sound fueled by punk rock energy, it has influenced acts like Mumford & Sons and contributed to a revival of banjo-picking string bands playing Americana music—leading to variations on it. (Full article...)

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Image 1Map 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 2Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 3A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 4Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 5Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 6The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 7Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 8Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 9Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 10Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 11The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 12A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 13Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 14The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 15Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 16Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 17The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 18Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 19Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 20Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 21John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 22Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 23The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 24The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 25Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 26Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 27Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 28Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 29The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 30Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 31The 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 32Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 33The 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 34The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 35Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of 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 37Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 38Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 39Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 40Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 41Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 42Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 43Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 441861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 45The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 46Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 47Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 48Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 49Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 50Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 51The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 52A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 53The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 54The 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 55Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 56The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 57Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 58Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 59Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 60A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 61Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 62Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 63The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 64Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 65The 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 66Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 67Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 68in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 69Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 70Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 71Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 72in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 73Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 74Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 75Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 76A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 77Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from 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
Legend
- Non-Hispanic White
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
    90%+
  
  Black or African American
    50–60%
(from Tennessee)

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... that Perry County is the least densely populated county in Tennessee?
... that one of Beverly Robertson's biggest accomplishments as CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber was attracting the Ford Motor Company's US$5.6 billion Blue Oval City complex to Memphis, Tennessee?
... that Walter White was a member of the prosecution for the Scopes trial in 1925 despite not passing the bar until 1944?
... that Drag Isn't Dangerous is a charitable telethon set to be hosted by numerous drag queens to oppose the Tennessee drag-ban bill?
... that Interstate 81 in Tennessee was the site of a carjacking that culminated in the Lillelid murders in 1997?
... 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"?

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