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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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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 poorly; 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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Middle Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee that composes roughly the central portion of the state. It is delineated according to state law as 41 of the state's 95 counties. Middle Tennessee contains the state's capital and largest city, Nashville, as well as Clarksville, the state's fifth largest city, and Murfreesboro, the state's sixth largest city and largest suburb of Nashville. The Nashville metropolitan area, located entirely within the region, is the most populous metropolitan area in the state, and the Clarksville metropolitan area is the state's sixth most populous. Middle Tennessee is both the largest, in terms of land area, and the most populous of the state's three Grand Divisions.

Geographically, Middle Tennessee is composed of the Highland Rim, which completely surrounds the Nashville Basin. The Cumberland Plateau is located in the eastern part of the region. Culturally, Middle Tennessee is considered part of the Upland South. Commodity crops such as cotton and tobacco were cultivated by migrant settlers in the region in the antebellum era, who were largely dependent on the labor of enslaved African Americans. In addition, planters bred and trained livestock, such as the world-famous Tennessee Walking Horse, which was developed as a breed in the region during this time. (Full article...)

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Image 1The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 2The 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 3Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 4in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 5Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 6Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 7in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 81861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 9Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 10The 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 11Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 12John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 13The 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 14Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 15Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 16Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 17Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 18Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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Image 19Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 20Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 21The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 22Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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Image 23Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 24The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 25Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 26The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 27The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 28Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 29A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 30Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 31The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 32Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 33Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 34Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 35The 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 36Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 37Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 38Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 39Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 40Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 41The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of 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 43Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 44Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 45Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 46Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 47Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 48The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 49Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 50A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of 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 53Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 54Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 55The 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 56A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 57A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 58Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 59Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 60Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 61The 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 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 63Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 64The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 65Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 66Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 67Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 68The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 69Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 70Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 71Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 72Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 73Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 74The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 75Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 76Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 77The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 78Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 79The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)

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... that WTVK in Knoxville, Tennessee, won a years-long battle to move from UHF to a VHF channel, only to be sent by new management to "that big TV station in the sky"?
... that portions of Tennessee State Route 158 have been called "Front Street", "Front Avenue", "Lakefront Drive", "Neyland Drive", and "James White Parkway"?
... that a section of Interstate 65 in Tennessee was the first part of the Interstate Highway System to open in the state?
... 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 Symphyotrichum kentuckiense, the Kentucky aster, is only found on limestone cedar glades and limestone roadsides in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee?

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