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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 2012 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game held on December 31, 2012, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 54th edition of the Liberty Bowl began at 2:30 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It featured the Iowa State Cyclones from the Big 12 Conference against the Conference USA champion Tulsa Golden Hurricane. It was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. With sponsorship from AutoZone, the game was officially the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.

The Golden Hurricane advanced to the game by virtue of winning the 2012 Conference USA Football Championship Game, while the Cyclones were also bowl-eligible due to their 6–6 regular-season record. The bowl was a rematch, as the two teams had met on September 1 at the Cyclones' home of Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa; Iowa State won that game, 38–23. (Full article...)

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Downtown Cookeville, viewed from Dogwood Park

Cookeville is the county seat and largest city of Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was reported to be 34,842. It is recognized as one of the country's micropolitan areas, or smaller cities which function as significant regional economic hubs. Of the twenty micropolitan areas in Tennessee, Cookeville is the largest. The Cookeville micropolitan area's 2020 Census population was 141,333. The U.S. Census Bureau ranked the Cookeville micropolitan area as the 4th largest-gaining micropolitan area in the country between 2022 and 2023, with a one-year gain of 2,748 and a 2023 population of 148,226. The city is a college town, home to Tennessee Technological University. (Full article...)

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Image 1The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 2Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 3Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)

Map 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 5Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 6Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 7The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 8Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 9Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 10Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 11Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 12in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 13Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 14Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 15The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 16Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 17John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 18The 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 19Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 20Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 21The 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 22Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 23Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 24Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 251861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 26Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 27Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 28Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 29The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 30A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 31Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 32Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 33Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 34Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 35Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 36Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 37Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 38The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 39Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 40A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 41Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 42in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 43Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 44Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 45Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 46A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 47Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 48The 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 49The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 50The 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 51The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 52Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 53Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 54Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 55The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 56Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 57Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 58The 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 59Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 60A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 61Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 62Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of 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 64The 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 65Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 66The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 67A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 68Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 69Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 70Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 71Map 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 72Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 73The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 74The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 75Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 76The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 77Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 78The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 79Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (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 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?
... 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 silver dimes kept a Tennessee TV station on the air?
... that portions of Tennessee State Route 158 have been called "Front Street", "Front Avenue", "Lakefront Drive", "Neyland Drive", and "James White Parkway"?
... that the 75/24 Split in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been one of the worst bottlenecks for trucks in the United States?

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