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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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The main arena at the TWHNC grounds

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration (TWHNC), sometimes known as the Celebration, is the largest horse show for the Tennessee Walking Horse breed, and has been held annually in or near Shelbyville, Tennessee since its inception in 1939.

The Celebration was conceived by Henry Davis, a horse trainer who along with several other horsemen, felt the Shelbyville area should have a festival or annual event. Although the Celebration was originally held in Wartrace, Tennessee, it moved to Shelbyville, the seat of Bedford County, a few years later. The Celebration spans 11 days and nights in late August and early September annually, and finishes with the crowning of the World Grand Champion Tennessee Walker on the Saturday night before Labor Day. The TWHNC draws an estimated 2,000 horses and 250,000 spectators to Shelbyville each year. (Full article...)

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From top left, cannon at Stones River National Battlefield, Rutherford County Courthouse, City Center, MTSU's Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building, Battle of Stones River.

Murfreesboro is a city in, and county seat of, Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 152,769 according to the 2020 census, up from 108,755 residents certified in 2010. Murfreesboro is located in the Nashville metropolitan area of Middle Tennessee, 34 miles (55 km) southeast of downtown Nashville.

It served as the state capital from 1818 to 1826. Today, it is the largest suburb of Nashville and the sixth-largest city in Tennessee. The city is both the center of population and the geographic center of Tennessee. (Full article...)

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Image 1Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 2Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 3Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 4The 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 5A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 6Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 7Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 8Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 9Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 10Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 11The 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 12A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 13Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (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 16Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 17Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 18Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 19Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 20The 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)

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

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50–60%

60–70%

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80–90%

90%+

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Image 22The Southwest Territory in 1790 (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 Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 25The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 26Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 27Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 28The 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 29Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 30Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 31Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 32Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 33Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 34John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 35Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 36Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 37The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 38A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 39Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 40The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 41Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 42Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 43The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 44Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of 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 46The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 47Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 48Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 49in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 50The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 51Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 52Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 53The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 54The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 55The 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 56Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 571861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 58The 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 59in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 60Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 61Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 62A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 63Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 64A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 65Map 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 66Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 67Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 68Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 69Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 70The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 71Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 72The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 73Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 74Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 75Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 76Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 77Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 78Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 79Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (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 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?
... 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 when Nashville's Eighth Avenue South Reservoir ruptured in 1912, one family was swept away while still lying in bed?
... that Tennessee lawyer Bolton Smith was known for his work integrating African Americans into the Boy Scouts?

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