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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's population as of the 2020 United States census is approximately 6.9 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 Nashville Sounds are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. They are located in Nashville, Tennessee, and are named for the city's association with the music industry, specifically the "Nashville sound", a subgenre of country music which originated in the city in the mid-1950s. The team plays their home games at First Horizon Park, which opened in 2015 on the site of the historic Sulphur Dell ballpark. The Sounds previously played at Herschel Greer Stadium from its opening in 1978 until the end of the 2014 season. They are the oldest active professional sports franchise in Nashville.

Established as an expansion team of the Double-A Southern League in 1978, the Sounds led all of Minor League Baseball in attendance in their inaugural season and continued to draw the Southern League's largest crowds in each of their seven years as members. On the field, the team won six consecutive second-half division titles from 1979 to 1984 and won the Southern League championship twice: in 1979 as the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds and again in 1982 as the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. (Full article...)

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The governor of Tennessee is the head of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

Tennessee has had 50 governors, including the incumbent, Bill Lee. Seven governors (John Sevier, William Carroll, Andrew Johnson, Robert Love Taylor, Gordon Browning, Frank G. Clement, and Buford Ellington) have served non-consecutive terms. This tally does not include William Blount (the territorial governor) or Robert L. Caruthers (who never took office), though the Blue Book includes them in its list of governors. All governors are counted only once, regardless of number of terms served (e.g., John Sevier is considered the 1st governor, rather than the 1st and 3rd governor). The Blue Book does not include Edward H. East in its list of governors. (Full article...)

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Image 1Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 2Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 3The 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 4Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 51861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 6Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 7Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 8Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 9The 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 10Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 11Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 12The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 13The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 14The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 15The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 16The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 17Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 18Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 19The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 20Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 21Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 22Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 23Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 24Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 25Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 26Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 27A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 28Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 29Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 30Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 31The 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 32Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 33Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 34Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)

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

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Image 36Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 37Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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- Non-Hispanic White
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    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
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  Black or African American
    50–60%
(from Tennessee)
Image 38The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 39Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 40Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 41Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 42Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 43Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 44The 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 45A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 46Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 47The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 48in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 49Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 50A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 51Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 52The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 53Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (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 55Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 56Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 57The 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 58Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 59Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 60Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 61Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 62Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 63Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 64The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 65Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 66The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 67A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 68The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 69Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 70Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 71The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 72Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 73Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 74Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 75in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 76John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 77Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 78A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 79Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)

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... 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"?
... that Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, modeled on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was created to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the statehood of Tennessee in 1996?
... that TV stations in Nashville and in Memphis, Tennessee, both on channel 30, lost their Fox affiliations in 1990?
... that WLOK, the first Black-owned radio station in Memphis, Tennessee, organizes an annual "Stone Soul Picnic" gospel concert series?
... that silver dimes kept a Tennessee TV station on the air?
... that Symphyotrichum kentuckiense, the Kentucky aster, is only found on limestone cedar glades and limestone roadsides in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee?

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