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Tennessee (/ˌtɛnɪˈsiː/ (listen) TEN-ih-SEE, locally /ˈtɛnɪsi/ TEN-iss-ee), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by 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 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", 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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William Lofland Dudley (April 16, 1859 – September 8, 1914) was an American chemistry professor at both the University of Cincinnati and Vanderbilt University and an athletics pioneer during the Progressive Era. At Vanderbilt, he was appointed dean of its medical department. He was also once vice-president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was notably director of affairs on the Tennessee Centennial Exposition executive committee.

Early in Dudley's career, he and John Holland developed a method for refining iridium that paved the way for commercial applications of the metal. Dudley also discovered that carbon monoxide was a major injurious component of tobacco smoke; and was one of the first to publish the physiological effects of X-rays with fellow Vanderbilt professor John Daniel. (Full article...)

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The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students.

The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering, the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI), the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, the former Lambuth University campus in Jackson, Tennessee (now a branch campus of the University of Memphis), the Loewenberg College of Nursing, the School of Public Health, the College of Communication and Fine Arts, the FedEx Institute of Technology, the Advanced Distributed Learning Workforce Co-Lab, and the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology. The University of Memphis is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High research activity". (Full article...)

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Image 1Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 2Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 3Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 4The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 5Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 6Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 7A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 8Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 9The 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 10The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 11Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 121861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 13Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985-1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993-2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 14Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 15Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 16Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 17Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 18Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 19Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 20Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 21Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 22Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 23The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 24Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 25The Southwest Territory in 1790 (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 27Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 28The 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 29The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 30The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 31Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 32Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 33Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 34Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 35Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 36Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 37Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (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 39Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 40The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (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 42Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 43The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 44Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 45The 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 46John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 47Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 48Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 49Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (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 51Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 52Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 53Map 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 54A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 55Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 56The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 57A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 58The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 59Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 60The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 61Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 62A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 63Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 64The 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 65Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 66Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 67Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 68Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 69Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 70The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 71Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 72Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 73Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 74The 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 75Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985-1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993-2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 76The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 77Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)

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... that Symphyotrichum kentuckiense, the Kentucky aster, is only found on limestone cedar glades and limestone roadsides in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee?
... that Orgill, Inc., now the world's largest independently owned distributor of hardlines, began as a hardware store in 1847, making it the oldest Memphis-founded company still in operation?
... that Perry County is the least densely populated county in Tennessee?
... that Tennessee State Route 396 was constructed to provide access to the Spring Hill Manufacturing plant of Saturn Corporation?
... that Tennessee lawyer Bolton Smith was known for his work integrating African Americans into the Boy Scouts?
... that professional golfer Cary Middlecoff co-owned Memphis, Tennessee, radio station WCBR in the mid-1950s?

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