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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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Randolph is an unincorporated rural community in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States, located on the banks of the Mississippi River. The lands of the Mississippi River Basin were inhabited by Paleo-Indians and later Native American tribes of the Mississippian culture for thousands of years. The Tipton phase people and the Chickasaw Indian tribe populated the Mississippi River valley near Randolph during the Mississippian period. In 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto crossed the Mississippi River at or near Randolph. French explorer Cavelier de La Salle built the first French fortification at or near Randolph on his 1682 canoe expedition of the Mississippi River.

European settlers arrived in the area around 1800. The town of Randolph was founded in the 1820s as one of the earliest European settlements in Tipton County. The location of Randolph, on the second Chickasaw Bluff along the banks of the Mississippi River, just south of the lower mouth of the Hatchie River, provided for an ideal harbor for flatboats and steamboats and made the town an early center of river commerce in West Tennessee. Randolph shipped more cotton annually than Memphis until 1840. The commercial success of the community also depended on the use of slave labor in the cotton fields surrounding the settlement. In 1827, the Randolph Post office was established and in 1834, the first pastor was appointed to the Randolph Methodist congregation. (Full article...)

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Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, she is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.

Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Smith was young when her parents died, and she and her six siblings survived by performing on street corners. She began touring and performed in a group that included Ma Rainey, and then went out on her own. Her successful recording career with Columbia Records began in 1923, but her performing career was cut short by a car crash that killed her at the age of 43. (Full article...)

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Image 1Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (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 3The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 4The 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 51861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 6A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 7The 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 8in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 9Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 10Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 11Map 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 12Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 13Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 14Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 15Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 16Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 17Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 18Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 19The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 20Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 21Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 22Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 23Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 24The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 25Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 26Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 27Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 28A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 29The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 30Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 31Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 32Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 33The 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 34Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 35Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (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 Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 39Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 40Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 41Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 42Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 43Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 44The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 45Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 46Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (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 48Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 49Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 50The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 51Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 52A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 53Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 54Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 55Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 56John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 57Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 58The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 59Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 60Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 61Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 62The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 63Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 64Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 65Map 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 66Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 67The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 68The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 69Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 70in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 71The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 72A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 73Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 74A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 75Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 76Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 77The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 78Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 79The Ocoee River was home to the 1996 Summer Olympics whitewater slalom events, the only Olympic sporting event ever held in the state. (from Tennessee)

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... 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 the Ocoee salamander from Tennessee is named after the Cherokee word for Passiflora incarnata (passionflower)?
... 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 Perry County is the least densely populated county in Tennessee?
... that community opposition to the routing of Interstate 40 through Memphis, Tennessee, led to a landmark United States Supreme Court ruling in Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe?
... that professional golfer Cary Middlecoff co-owned Memphis, Tennessee, radio station WCBR in the mid-1950s?

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