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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. According to the United States Census Bureau, the state's estimated population as of 2024 is 7.22 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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General Motors Place, now Rogers Arena, was the Vancouver Grizzlies' home arena.

The Vancouver Grizzlies relocation to Memphis was a successful effort by the ownership group of the Vancouver Grizzlies to move the team from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The team began play as the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2001–02 season. It was the first of three National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise moves between 2001 and 2008, and the third of four major league teams to relocate from Canada to the United States between 1995 and 2005.

The Grizzlies had been created as an expansion team along with the Toronto Raptors in 1995. For the six seasons in Vancouver, the Grizzlies performed unsuccessfully; they only once finished better than last in the Midwest Division and never reached the playoffs. The Grizzlies were owned by Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment, who also owned the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). In 1999, Bill Laurie, owner of the NHL's St. Louis Blues, attempted to buy the Grizzlies, with the intent to move it to St. Louis. After interference by the NBA, the Grizzlies were sold to Michael Heisley. He immediately started the process to relocate the team, and eight U.S. cities were candidates for the team—Anaheim, California; Buffalo, New York; Memphis, Tennessee; New Orleans, Louisiana; Tampa, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky; Las Vegas, Nevada; and San Diego, California—before settling on the move to Memphis at the end of the season. (Full article...)

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Robert Phillips Corker Jr. (born August 24, 1952) is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2015 to 2019.

In 1978, Corker founded a construction company, which he sold in 1990. This increased his net worth to $45 million. He ran in the 1994 United States Senate election in Tennessee but was defeated in the Republican primary by Bill Frist. Appointed by Governor Don Sundquist, Corker served as Commissioner of Finance and Administration for the State of Tennessee from 1995 to 1996, preceded by David Manning and succeeded by John Ferguson. He later acquired two of the largest real estate companies in Chattanooga, Tennessee, before being elected the 71st Mayor of Chattanooga in March 2001; he served one term (2001–2005). (Full article...)

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Image 1Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 2The 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 3A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 4Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 5The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 6A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 7Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 8The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 9Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 10Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 11Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 12Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 13A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 14A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 15Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (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 17Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 18Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 19The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 20Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 21Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 22Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 23Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 24Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 25Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 26Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 27The 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 28The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 29Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 30Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 31Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 32John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 33Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 34The 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 35Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 36Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 37Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 38The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 39Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 40The 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 41in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 42Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 43Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 44Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 45Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 46Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 47The 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 48Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 49Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 50The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 51Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 52The 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 53Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 54Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 55Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 56Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 57The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 58Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 59Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 60Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 61The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 62in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 63Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 64The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 65A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 66The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 671861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 68Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 69Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 70The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 71The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 72Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 73Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 74Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 75Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 76The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 77Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 78Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 79Map 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)

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... that Walter White was a member of the prosecution for the Scopes trial in 1925 despite not passing the bar until 1944?
... that to promote the Buffalo Club, Rising Tide Records sent packages of plastic buffalo to music industry executives in Nashville?
... that college basketball player Jett Howard almost signed at Tennessee, but instead chose the Michigan team of his father Juwan Howard?
... that silver dimes kept a Tennessee TV station on the air?
... that William Jenkins Wilcox Jr. was given a Citizen Archivist award at a symposium titled "Secret City in the Tennessee Hills: From Dogpatch to Nuclear Power"?
... 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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