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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'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 Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill was an environmental and industrial disaster that occurred on December 22, 2008, when a dike ruptured at a coal ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion US gallons (4.2 million cubic metres) of coal fly ash slurry. The coal-fired power plant, located across the Clinch River from the city of Kingston, used a series of ponds to store and dewater the fly ash, a byproduct of coal combustion. The spill released a slurry of fly ash and water which traveled across the Emory River and its Swan Pond embayment onto the opposite shore, covering up to 300 acres (1.2 km²) of the surrounding land. The spill damaged multiple homes and flowed into nearby waterways including the Emory River and Clinch River, both tributaries of the Tennessee River. It was the largest industrial spill in United States history.

The initial spill, which resulted in millions of dollars worth of property damages and rendered many properties uninhabitable, cost TVA more than $1 billion to clean up and was declared complete in 2015. TVA was found liable for the spill in August 2012 by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. The initial spill resulted in no injuries or deaths, but several of the employees of an engineering firm hired by TVA to clean up the spill developed illnesses, including brain cancer, lung cancer, and leukemia, as a result of exposure to the toxic coal ash, and by the 10-year anniversary of the spill, more than 30 had died. In November 2018, a federal jury ruled that the contractor did not properly inform the workers about the dangers of exposure to coal ash and had failed to provide them with necessary personal protective equipment. After rejecting multiple offers, workers reached a settlement with the contractor in May 2023. (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 1The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 2Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 3Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 4The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 5The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 6in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (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 8Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 9The 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 10A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 11Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 12Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 13The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 14The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 15Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 16Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 17The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from 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 19The 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 20Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 21Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 22The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 23Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 24The 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 25Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 26Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 27The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 28Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 29Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 30Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 31A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 32Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 331861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of 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 35The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 36Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 37Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 38Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 39Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 40Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 41Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 42Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 43Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 44The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 45Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 46John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 47Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 48Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (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 50Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 51Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 52Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 53Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 54Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 55Map 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 56Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 57Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 58Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 59Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 60A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 61Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 62Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 63Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 64Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 65Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 66A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 67Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 68The 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 69Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 70Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 71Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 72The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 73A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 74Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 75The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 76The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 77in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 78Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 79Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)

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... that the Ocoee salamander from Tennessee is named after the Cherokee word for Passiflora incarnata (passionflower)?
... that silver dimes kept a Tennessee TV station on the air?
... that a section of Interstate 65 in Tennessee was the first part of the Interstate Highway System to open in the state?
... that the owner of a Tennessee TV station denied that he had named it after himself, telling a reporter, "I'm not that much of an egotist"?
... that Mary Shadow, the first unmarried woman in the Tennessee House of Representatives, received fourteen marriage proposals after her election?
... that TV stations in Nashville and in Memphis, Tennessee, both on channel 30, lost their Fox affiliations in 1990?

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