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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 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. Other major cities include Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Clarksville. Tennessee's population as of the 2020 United States census is approximately 6.9 million.

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 in the eastern part of the state that existed before 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" early in its history due to a strong tradition of military service. A slave state until the American Civil War, Tennessee was politically divided, with its western and middle parts supporting the Confederacy and the eastern region harboring pro-Union sentiment. As a result, Tennessee was the last state to secede and the first readmitted to the Union after the war.

During the 20th century, Tennessee transitioned from a predominantly agrarian society to a more diversified economy. This was aided in part by massive federal investment in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the city of Oak Ridge, which was established during World War II to house the Manhattan Project's uranium enrichment facilities for the construction of the world's first atomic bombs. After the war, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory became a key center of scientific research. In 2016, the element tennessine was named for the state, largely in recognition of the roles played by Oak Ridge, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Tennessee in its discovery. Tennessee has also played a major role in the development of many forms of popular music, including country, blues, rock and roll, soul, and gospel. (Full article...)

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Trenyce in a 2012 London photoshoot

Lashundra Trenyce Cobbins (/trəˈniːs/; born March 31, 1980) is an American singer and actress best known as a finalist on the second season of American Idol and for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Trenyce won one of the categories of the NAACP ACT-SO as a teenager, and attended the University of Memphis on a music scholarship.

In 2004, Trenyce began to focus on theatre, playing roles in the plays Not a Day Goes By, The Vagina Monologues, Soul Kittens Cabaret and Mama's Sweet Potato Pie. In 2006, she played the lead role of Deena Jones in an Indianapolis production of the musical Dreamgirls. She made her film debut in 2008 and became the first American Idol contestant to headline a show in Las Vegas. She originated the role of Portia in David E. Talbert's play Love in the Nick of Tyme. Trenyce performed in a 2009 North American tour of the musical Ain't Misbehavin'. (Full article...)

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Swaggerty Blockhouse

The Swaggerty Blockhouse is a historic structure near Parrottsville, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The structure was originally believed to have been a frontier blockhouse built by early settler James Swaggerty in 1787. Recent archaeological evidence suggests, however, that the structure was actually a cantilever barn built by a farmer named Jacob Stephens around 1860.

In the late 18th-century, blockhouses dotted East Tennessee and the Trans-Appalachian frontier, as attacks from hostile Cherokee and other Native Americans were a constant threat. While the Swaggerty Blockhouse bears some resemblance to historical blockhouse descriptions, it lacks common blockhouse characteristics such as gun portals. The Swaggerty Blockhouse's degree of cantilever (i.e., the degree to which the upper story extends outward beyond the lower story) is also greater than typical frontier blockhouses. Analysis of the tree rings in the Swaggerty Blockhouse's logs indicated a cutting date of 1860, well after the region's frontier period. (Full article...)

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Image 1Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 2Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 3The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (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 5Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 6Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 7The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 8The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 9in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 10The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 11Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 12The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 13Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 14Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 15Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 16Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 17Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 18Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 19The 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 20The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 21The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 22The resort city of Gatlinburg borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the most visited national park in the United States. (from 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 24Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 25Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 26in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 27Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 28Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 29Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 30Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 31Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 32Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of 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 34Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 35Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 36Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 371861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 38The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 39Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 40Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 41Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 42Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 43A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 44Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 45Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 46Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 47The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 48Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 49Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 50Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 51The 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 52Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 53The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 54Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 55Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (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 57Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 58The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 59The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 60Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 61Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 62The 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 63Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 64Map 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 65A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 66Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 67A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 68A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 69Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 70John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 71Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 72Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 73Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 74The 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 75Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 76The 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 77The Southwest Territory in 1790 (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 79Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)

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... 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 Mister Rogers said that Mr. Chuck, the host of a children's show on the public TV station in Memphis, Tennessee, was "truly remarkable" and "achieving things I still struggle to achieve"?
... that Mary Shadow, the first unmarried woman in the Tennessee House of Representatives, received fourteen marriage proposals after her election?
... that to promote the Buffalo Club, Rising Tide Records sent packages of plastic buffalo to music industry executives in Nashville?
... that a founder of a Tennessee radio station bought it back from the same group he had sold it to, who in turn had bought it back themselves?
... that when Nashville's Eighth Avenue South Reservoir ruptured in 1912, one family was swept away while still lying in bed?

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