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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 Clinton Engineer Works (CEW) was the production installation of the Manhattan Project that during World War II produced the enriched uranium used in the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima, as well as the first examples of reactor-produced plutonium. It consisted of production facilities arranged at three major sites, various utilities including a power plant, and the town of Oak Ridge. It was in East Tennessee, about 18 miles (29 km) west of Knoxville, and was named after the town of Clinton, eight miles (13 km) to the north. The production facilities were mainly in Roane County, and the northern part of the site was in Anderson County. The Manhattan District Engineer, Kenneth Nichols, moved the Manhattan District headquarters from Manhattan to Oak Ridge in August 1943. During the war, CEW's advanced research was managed for the government by the University of Chicago.

Construction workers were housed in a community known as Happy Valley. Built by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1943, this temporary community housed 15,000 people. The township of Oak Ridge was established to house the production staff. The operating force peaked at 50,000 workers just after the end of the war. The construction labor force peaked at 75,000, and the combined employment peak was 80,000. The town was developed by the federal government as a segregated community; Black Americans lived only in an area known as Gamble Valley, in government-built "hutments" (one-room shacks) on the south side of what is now Tuskegee Drive. (Full article...)

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Downtown Knoxville skyline

Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Located on the Tennessee River within the Appalachian Mountains, it is the largest city in the Grand Division of East Tennessee. Knoxville had a population of 190,740 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Tennessee, while the Knoxville metropolitan area has an estimated 958,000 residents.

First settled in 1786, Knoxville was the first capital of Tennessee. The city struggled with geographic isolation throughout the early 19th century; the arrival of the railroad in 1855 led to an economic boom. The city was bitterly divided over the issue of secession during the American Civil War and was occupied alternately by Confederate and Union armies, culminating in the Battle of Fort Sanders in 1863. Following the war, Knoxville grew rapidly as a major wholesaling and manufacturing center. The city's economy stagnated after the 1920s as the manufacturing sector collapsed, the downtown area declined and city leaders became entrenched in highly partisan political fights. Hosting the 1982 World's Fair helped reinvigorate the city, and revitalization initiatives by city leaders and private developers have had major successes in spurring growth in the city, especially the downtown area. (Full article...)

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Image 1Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 2Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 3The 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 4Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 5Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 6A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 7Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 8Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 9The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 10The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 11Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 12A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 13The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 14Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 15The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 16Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 17Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 18Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 19The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 20Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 21Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 22Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 23The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 24The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 25Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 26Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 27The 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 28Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)

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

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Image 30Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 31The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 32Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 33Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 34The 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 35Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 36Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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(from Tennessee)
Image 37Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (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 39Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 40The 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 41Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 42Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 43Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 44Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 45Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 46Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 47Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 48in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 49Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 50Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 51Snow in Manchester, Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 52Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 53Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 54Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 55Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 56Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 57The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 58A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 59Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 60The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 61Tennessee Volunteers football (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 63Snow in Manchester, Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 64Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 65in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 661861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 67Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 68Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 69The 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 70Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 71Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 72The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 73Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 74Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 75Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 76The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 77Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 78Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 79A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 80John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 81The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)

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... that to promote the Buffalo Club, Rising Tide Records sent packages of plastic buffalo to music industry executives in Nashville?
... that Dutch Maid Bakery in Tennessee has survived fire, war, the Great Depression, and the rebranding of its fruitcake?
... that portions of Tennessee State Route 158 have been called "Front Street", "Front Avenue", "Lakefront Drive", "Neyland Drive", and "James White Parkway"?
... 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 silver dimes kept a Tennessee TV station on the air?
... 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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