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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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Sarah Polk Jetton Fall (April 1, 1847 – July 22, 1924) was a wealthy Nashville socialite and philanthropist. She was the great-niece and unofficially adopted daughter of former First Lady Sarah Childress Polk. Sallie's mother died when she was only a few months old. Sallie lived with her great-grandmother, who gave Sallie to her daughter Sarah after the death of Sarah's husband President James K. Polk.

Sallie was raised at the Polks' private residence Polk Place. She married George Fall in 1865, and they had a daughter Saidee. Sallie inherited the Polk estate upon Sarah's death in 1891, including several artifacts and papers from the late president which she later sold and donated to the Library of Congress. Sarah also willed some of the president's items to Saidee. Shortly before Sallie died in 1924, she and her daughter co-founded the James K. Polk Memorial Association. In 1929 Saidee worked with the state of Tennessee to acquire the president's home in Columbia which was then opened to the public as a museum. (Full article...)

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Toqua as shown on Henry Timberlake's 1762 Draught of the Cherokee Country

Toqua (Cherokee: ᏙᏉ, romanized: Toquo) was a prehistoric and historic Native American site in Monroe County, Tennessee, located in the Southeastern Woodlands. Toqua was the site of a substantial ancestral town that thrived during the Mississippian period (1000-1600 CE). Toqua had a large earthwork 25-foot (7.6 m) platform mound built by the town's Mississippian-era inhabitants, in addition to a second, smaller mound. The site's Mississippian occupation may have been recorded by the Spanish as the village of Tali, which was documented in 1540 by the Hernando de Soto expedition. It was later known as the Overhill Cherokee town Toqua, and this name was applied to the archeological site.

In 1967 an archeological survey was conducted at this site prior to completion of the Tellico Dam, as that project would result in Toqua's inundation by Tellico Lake. The Toqua site was important as one of the last remaining Dallas-phase platform mound sites in the valley. In 1978 the archeological site was added to the National Register of Historic Places. In 1979 the Toqua site was submerged after the Little Tennessee River was dammed. The lake is managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The shoreline above the Toqua site is now a recreational area managed by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. (Full article...)

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Image 1The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 2The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 3Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (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 5Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 6Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 7Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 8The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 9Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 10Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)

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

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Image 12Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 13Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 14The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 15Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 16Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 17John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 18Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 19Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 201861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 21Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 22The 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 23in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (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 25Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 26Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 27Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 28The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 29Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 30Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 31Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 32in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 33Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 34Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 35Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 36Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 37The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 38Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 39Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 40Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 41Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 42Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 43A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 44Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (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 46Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 47The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 48The 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 49The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 50The 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 51The 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 52Map 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 53The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 54The 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 55Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 56Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 57Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 58Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 59A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 60The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 61A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 62Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 63Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 64Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 65A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 66Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 67The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 68Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 69The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 70Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 71Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 72Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 73The 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 74Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 75Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 76The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 77Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 78Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 79Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)

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... that WTVK in Knoxville, Tennessee, won a years-long battle to move from UHF to a VHF channel, only to be sent by new management to "that big TV station in the sky"?
... 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 WLOK, the first Black-owned radio station in Memphis, Tennessee, organizes an annual "Stone Soul Picnic" gospel concert series?
... that Interstate 81 in Tennessee was the site of a carjacking that culminated in the Lillelid murders in 1997?
... that Tennessee State Route 396 was constructed to provide access to the Spring Hill Manufacturing plant of Saturn Corporation?
... 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?

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