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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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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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The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11–16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Union capture of the Confederate fort near the Tennessee–Kentucky border opened the Cumberland River, an important avenue for the invasion of the South. The Union's success also elevated Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant from an obscure and largely unproven leader to the rank of major general, and earned him the nickname of "Unconditional Surrender" Grant.

Following his capture of Fort Henry on February 6, Grant moved his army (later to become the Union's Army of the Tennessee) 12 miles (19 km) overland to Fort Donelson, from February 11 to 13, and conducted several small probing attacks. On February 14, Union gunboats under Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote attempted to reduce the fort with gunfire, but were forced to withdraw after sustaining heavy damage from the fort's water batteries. (Full article...)

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

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80–90%

90%+

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Image 2Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 31861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 4Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 5The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 6The 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 7Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 8Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 9Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 10Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 11The 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 12Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 13Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 14The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 15The 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 16Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 17The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 18Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 19John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 20Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 21Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (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 23The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 24Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 25Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 26A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 27Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 28The 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 29Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 30A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 31The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 32The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 33Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 34The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of 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 37in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 38The 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 39Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 40Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 41The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 42Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 43Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 44Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 45Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 46A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 47Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 48Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 49The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 50Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 51The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 52in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 53Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 54Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 55The 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 56Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 57Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of 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 61Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 62Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 63A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 64Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 65Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 66Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 67Map 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 68Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 69Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 70Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 71The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 72Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 73Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 74Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 75Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 76Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 77The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 78Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 79The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)

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... that when guitarist Pete Wade was 19, he moved to Nashville with $3, his suitcase, two ham sandwiches, and the telephone numbers of Don Helms and Jerry Rivers?
... that WLOK, the first Black-owned radio station in Memphis, Tennessee, organizes an annual "Stone Soul Picnic" gospel concert series?
... that Perry County is the least densely populated county in Tennessee?
... 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 the Ocoee salamander from Tennessee is named after the Cherokee word for Passiflora incarnata (passionflower)?
... that Drag Isn't Dangerous is a charitable telethon set to be hosted by numerous drag queens to oppose the Tennessee drag-ban bill?

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