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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 Tennessee Aquarium is a non-profit public aquarium located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. It opened in 1992 on the banks of the Tennessee River in downtown Chattanooga, with a major expansion added in 2005. The aquarium, which has been accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) since 1993, is home to more than 12,000 animals representing almost 800 species.

More than 20 million people have visited the facility, with the twenty-millionth visitor arriving in March 2013. It is consistently recognized as one of the country's top public aquariums. (Full article...)

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Swaggerty Blockhouse

The Swaggerty Blockhouse is a historic structure near Parrottsville, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The structure was originally believed to have been a frontier blockhouse built by early settler James Swaggerty in 1787. Recent archaeological evidence suggests, however, that the structure was actually a cantilever barn built by a farmer named Jacob Stephens around 1860.

In the late 18th-century, blockhouses dotted East Tennessee and the Trans-Appalachian frontier, as attacks from hostile Cherokee and other Native Americans were a constant threat. While the Swaggerty Blockhouse bears some resemblance to historical blockhouse descriptions, it lacks common blockhouse characteristics such as gun portals. The Swaggerty Blockhouse's degree of cantilever (i.e., the degree to which the upper story extends outward beyond the lower story) is also greater than typical frontier blockhouses. Analysis of the tree rings in the Swaggerty Blockhouse's logs indicated a cutting date of 1860, well after the region's frontier period. (Full article...)

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Image 1Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)

Map 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 3The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 4Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 5Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 6Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 7Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 8The 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 9The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 10Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 11The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 12Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 13Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 14The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 15Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 16Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 17A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 18The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 191861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of 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)
Image 21Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 22Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 23The 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 24Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 25Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 26The 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 27Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 28Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 29The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 30Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 31Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 32Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (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 34Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 35A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 36Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 37Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 38John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 39Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 40Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 41Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 42Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 43The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 44Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 45The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 46Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 47Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 48Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 49A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 50Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 51Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 52Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 53Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (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 55Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 56Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 57Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 58The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 59Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 60Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 61The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 62Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 63Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 64in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 65Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 66A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 67The 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 68Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 69The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 70Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 71Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 72Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 73A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 74in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 75The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 76Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 77Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 78Map 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 79The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)

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... that Symphyotrichum kentuckiense, the Kentucky aster, is only found on limestone cedar glades and limestone roadsides in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee?
... that the Ocoee salamander from Tennessee is named after the Cherokee word for Passiflora incarnata (passionflower)?
... 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 TV stations in Nashville and in Memphis, Tennessee, both on channel 30, lost their Fox affiliations in 1990?
... that silver dimes kept a Tennessee TV station on the air?
... 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?

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