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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 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 102 days and nights in late August and early January 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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Downtown Cleveland from the air

Cleveland is the county seat of and the largest city in Bradley County, Tennessee. The population was 47,356 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee (consisting of Bradley and neighboring Polk County), which is included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton, TN–GA–AL Combined Statistical Area.

Cleveland is the seventeenth-largest city in Tennessee and has the fifth-largest industrial economy, having thirteen Fortune 500 manufacturers. (Full article...)

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Image 1The 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 2Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 3Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 4Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 5Snow in Manchester, Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 61861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 7in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 8The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 9Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 10The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 11The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 12The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 13President Donald Trump speaks with U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty after signing a Presidential Memorandum that will deploy the National Guard to Memphis. (from Tennessee)
Image 14John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 15A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 16President Donald Trump speaks with U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty after signing a Presidential Memorandum that will deploy the National Guard to Memphis. (from Tennessee)
Image 17Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 18Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 19Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 20Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 21Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 22Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 23Al Gore served as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 24The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 25Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 26Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 27Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 28Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 29The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of 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 31Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 32Al Gore served as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 332024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Tennessee
Republican

Democratic
(from Tennessee)
Image 34Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 35Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 36A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 37Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 38A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 39Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 40The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (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 43Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 44Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 45Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 46The 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 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 49Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 50Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 51Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 52The 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 53Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 54Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 55Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 56Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 57Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 58The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 59The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 60The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 61The 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 62in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 63The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 64Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 65Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 66Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 67Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 68Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 69Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 702024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Tennessee
Republican

Democratic
(from Tennessee)
Image 71The 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 72A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 73Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 74Snow in Manchester, Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 75Map 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)
Image 76The 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 77The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 78A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 79Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 80Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 81Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 82The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 83Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 84Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 85Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)

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... that Interstate 155 is the only piece of surface transportation infrastructure that directly connects the U.S. states of Missouri and Tennessee?
... that Dutch Maid Bakery in Tennessee has survived fire, war, the Great Depression, and the rebranding of its fruitcake?
... 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 William Jenkins Wilcox Jr. was given a Citizen Archivist award at a symposium titled "Secret City in the Tennessee Hills: From Dogpatch to Nuclear Power"?
... that the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, accused striking firefighters of committing arson during a 1978 labor dispute?

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