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Tennessee ( TEN -iss-EE , 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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Trenyce in a 2012 London photoshoot
Lashundra Trenyce Cobbins (; born March 31, 1980) is an American singer and actress best known as a finalist on the second season of American Idol and for her work in musical theatre . Raised in Memphis, Tennessee , Trenyce won one of the categories of the NAACP ACT-SO as a teenager, and attended the University of Memphis on a music scholarship.
In 2004, Trenyce began to focus on theatre, playing roles in the plays
Not a Day Goes By ,
The Vagina Monologues ,
Soul Kittens Cabaret and
Mama's Sweet Potato Pie . In 2006, she played the lead role of
Deena Jones in an
Indianapolis production of the musical
Dreamgirls . She made her film debut in 2008 and became the first
American Idol contestant to headline a show in
Las Vegas . She originated the role of Portia in
David E. Talbert 's play
Love in the Nick of Tyme . Trenyce performed in a 2009 North American tour of the musical
Ain't Misbehavin' . (
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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. (
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The following are images from various Tennessee-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Workers at the
Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from
Tennessee )
Image 2 Surveyor
Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from
Tennessee )
Image 3 The Hermitage , plantation home of President
Andrew Jackson , now a museum in
Davidson County (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 4 Al Gore served as a
United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as
Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from
Tennessee )
Image 6 Offices of
The Tennessean in Nashville (from
Tennessee )
Image 7 The
Battle of Franklin , November 30, 1864 (from
Tennessee )
Image 8 The Tennessee at Chattanooga , 1872, by
Harry Fenn (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 9 in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a
commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from
Tennessee )
Image 11 Al Gore served as a
United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as
Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from
Tennessee )
Image 12 The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from
Tennessee )
Image 14 Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from
Tennessee )
Image 15 Fall Creek Falls , the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from
Tennessee )
Image 17 Memphis International Airport , the hub of
FedEx Corporation , is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from
Tennessee )
Image 18 Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from
Tennessee )
Image 19 The
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 20 The Hermitage , plantation home of President
Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from
Tennessee )
Image 21 The Hermitage , plantation home of President
Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from
Tennessee )
Image 22 The
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 23 Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
Non-Hispanic White 50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90%+
Black or African American 50–60%
(from
Tennessee )
Image 24 Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020
climate normals . (from
Tennessee )
Image 25 Reconstruction of
Fort Loudoun , the first British settlement in Tennessee (from
Tennessee )
Image 26 in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a
commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from
Tennessee )
Image 27 Workers at the
Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from
Tennessee )
Image 29 Nashville's replica of the
Parthenon (built 1897) (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 31 Established in 1942,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from
Tennessee )
Image 33 Howard Baker served as
Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from
Tennessee )
Image 34 Offices of
The Tennessean in Nashville (from
Tennessee )
Image 35 Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020
climate normals . (from
Tennessee )
Image 36 Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from
Tennessee )
Image 37 1861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 38 The
Ryman Auditorium , home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 39 Calutron operators at the
Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the
Manhattan Project (from
Tennessee )
Image 40 Memphis International Airport , the hub of
FedEx Corporation , is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from
Tennessee )
Image 41 Reconstruction of
Fort Loudoun , the first British settlement in Tennessee (from
Tennessee )
Image 42 Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from
Tennessee )
Image 43 A
Nissan Leaf , one of six models manufactured at the
Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant , the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from
Tennessee )
Image 44 Calutron operators at the
Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the
Manhattan Project (from
Tennessee )
Image 46 Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from
Tennessee )
Image 50 Conquistador Hernando de Soto , first European to visit Tennessee (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 51 The
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 52 Surveyor
Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from
Tennessee )
Image 53 The
1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from
Tennessee )
Image 55 Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from
Tennessee )
Image 56 Mount Le Conte in the
Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from
Tennessee )
Image 58 The
Battle of Franklin , November 30, 1864 (from
Tennessee )
Image 59 The
1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from
Tennessee )
Image 60 Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from
Tennessee )
Image 61 Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from
Tennessee )
Image 62 The
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 63 Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from
Tennessee )
Image 64 Map of counties in Tennessee by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
Non-Hispanic White 50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90%+
Black or African American 50–60%
(from
Tennessee )
Image 65 A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from
Tennessee )
Image 66 Fall Creek Falls , the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from
Tennessee )
Image 67 A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from
Tennessee )
Image 68 A View of Memphis, Tennessee , 1871 (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 70 John Bell (from
History of Tennessee )
Image 71 Howard Baker served as
Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from
Tennessee )
Image 73 Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from
Tennessee )
Image 74 The
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 75 Established in 1942,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from
Tennessee )
Image 76 The
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 77 The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from
Tennessee )
Image 78 A
Nissan Leaf , one of six models manufactured at the
Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant , the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from
Tennessee )
Image 79 Mount Le Conte in the
Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from
Tennessee )
... 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 Mary Shadow , the first unmarried woman in the Tennessee House of Representatives , received fourteen marriage proposals after her election?
... that to promote the Buffalo Club , Rising Tide Records sent packages of plastic buffalo to music industry executives in Nashville ?
... 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 when Nashville 's Eighth Avenue South Reservoir ruptured in 1912, one family was swept away while still lying in bed?
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