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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. 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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AutoZone Park in Memphis and
First Horizon Park in Nashville

The Redbirds–Sounds rivalry is a Minor League Baseball rivalry between Tennessee's two Triple-A baseball teams, the Memphis Redbirds and the Nashville Sounds. The teams compete in the West Division of the International League. Their games are played at Memphis' AutoZone Park and Nashville's First Horizon Park. From 2012 to 2015, the rivalry was incorporated into a promotion called the I-40 Cup Series.

Separated by an approximately 200-mile (320 km) stretch of Interstate 40, competition between professional baseball teams from Memphis and Nashville began in 1885 in the original Southern League. The cities later fielded teams in the Southern Association and modern Southern League. The rivalry between the Redbirds and Sounds began in 1998 when both teams became members of the Pacific Coast League and continued in 2021 following placement in the Triple-A East, which became the International League in 2022. (Full article...)

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Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War. Vanderbilt is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference and has been the conference's only private school since 1966.

The university comprises ten schools and enrolls nearly 13,800 students from the US and 70 foreign countries. Vanderbilt is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Several research centers and institutes are affiliated with the university, including the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center, and Dyer Observatory. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, formerly part of the university, became a separate institution in 2016. With the exception of the off-campus observatory, all of the university's facilities are situated on its 330-acre (1.3 km²) campus in the heart of Nashville, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from downtown. (Full article...)

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Image 1Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 2A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 3The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 4The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 5The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 6The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 7Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 8The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 9Mount 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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Image 11Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 12A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 13Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 14The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 15in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 16The 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 17Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 18Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 19Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 20The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 21Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 22Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 23The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 24The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 25Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 26Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 27Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 28John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 29Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 30A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 31Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 32Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 33Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 34Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 35The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 36The 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 37Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 38Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 39The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 40Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 41The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 42The 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 43Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 44Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 45Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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    50–60%
(from Tennessee)
Image 46Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 47Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 48Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 49The 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 50A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 51Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 52in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 53Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (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 55Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 56Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 57Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 58Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 59The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 60Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (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 62Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 63Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 64Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 65Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 66Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 67Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 68A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 69Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (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 71Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 721861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 73Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 74Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 75Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 76Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 77The 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 78Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 79Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)

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... that Perry County is the least densely populated county in Tennessee?
... that portions of Tennessee State Route 158 have been called "Front Street", "Front Avenue", "Lakefront Drive", "Neyland Drive", and "James White Parkway"?
... 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?
... that to promote the Buffalo Club, Rising Tide Records sent packages of plastic buffalo to music industry executives in Nashville?
... that Tennessee State Route 396 was constructed to provide access to the Spring Hill Manufacturing plant of Saturn Corporation?

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