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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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The 1906 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1906 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team's head coach was Dan McGugin, who served his third season in that capacity. Members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA), the Commodores played seven home games in Nashville, Tennessee at Curry Field, and finished the season with a record of 8–1 overall and 5–0 in SIAA.

The 1906 Vanderbilt team had one of the best seasons in the school's history, outscoring opponents 278–16. Innis Brown rated the 1906 team as the best the South ever had. Vanderbilt won all of its home games, finishing the season on a 23-game home win streak. Their only loss came on the road to western power Michigan, 10–4; the game had been tied until the closing minutes. (Full article...)

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The University of Memphis (Memphis) 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 School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, 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 1Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 2The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 3The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 4Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 5Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (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 71861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 8Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 9Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 10Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 11Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)

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

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Image 13A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 14The 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 15Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 16The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 17The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 18Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 19Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 20Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from 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 22Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 23Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 24Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 25The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 26Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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(from Tennessee)
Image 27Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 28Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 29in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 30Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 31A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 32The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 33The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 34The 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 35Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 36The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 37The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 38Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 39Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 40Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 41Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 42Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 43Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 44Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 45Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 46Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 47Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 48Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 49The 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 50Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 51Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 52The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 53The 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 54Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 55A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 56The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 57The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 58Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 59Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 60Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 61The 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 62Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 63Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 64Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 65in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 66Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 67Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 68Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from 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 71The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 72Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 73Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 74A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 75Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 76Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 77Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 78Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 79Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)

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... that portions of Tennessee State Route 158 have been called "Front Street", "Front Avenue", "Lakefront Drive", "Neyland Drive", and "James White Parkway"?
... 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 in Jackson, Tennessee, there was a 50–50 chance a reference to Dixie was about a radio station?
... that Drag Isn't Dangerous is a charitable telethon set to be hosted by numerous drag queens to oppose the Tennessee drag-ban bill?
... that WLOK, the first Black-owned radio station in Memphis, Tennessee, organizes an annual "Stone Soul Picnic" gospel concert series?
... that a section of Interstate 65 in Tennessee was the first part of the Interstate Highway System to open in the state?

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