Tennessee
Tennessee is a state in the United States. Its capital is Nashville, which is the country music center of America.[7] It is also the home of the Smoky Mountains which are a famous tourist attraction. Other well known cities and towns are Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Oak Ridge, Lynchburg, Carthage, Lawrenceburg, Clarksville, Lebanon, Pigeon Forge, Murfreesboro, and Gatlinburg. Tennessee touches eight states: Kentucky and Virginia to the north; North Carolina to the east; Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi on the south; Arkansas and Missouri (by the Mississippi River) to the west. Tennessee ties Missouri as the state bordering the most other states.
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| Anthem: Nine songs | |
 Map of the United States with Tennessee highlighted | |
| Country | United States |
| Before statehood | Southwest Territory |
| Admitted to the Union | June 1, 1796 (16th) |
| Capital (and largest city) | Nashville[1] |
| Largest metro | Greater Nashville |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Bill Lee (R) |
| • Lieutenant Governor | Randy McNally (R) |
| Legislature | General Assembly |
| • Upper house | Senate |
| • Lower house | House of Representatives |
| U.S. senators | Marsha Blackburn (R) Bill Hagerty (R) |
| U.S. House delegation | 7 Republicans 2 Democrats (list) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42,143 sq mi (109,247 km2) |
| • Land | 41,217 sq mi (106,846 km2) |
| • Water | 926 sq mi (2,401 km2) 2.2% |
| • Rank | 36th |
| Elevation | 900 ft (270 m) |
| Highest elevation | 6,643 ft (2,025 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 178 ft (54 m) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 6,829,174[4] |
| • Rank | 16th |
| • Density | 159.4/sq mi (61.5/km2) |
| • Rank | 20th |
| • Median household income | $52,340[5] |
| • Income rank | 42nd |
| Language | |
| • Official language | English |
| • Spoken language | Language spoken at home[6] |
| Time zones | |
| East Tennessee | UTC−05:00 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| Middle and West | UTC−06:00 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) |
| USPS abbreviation | TN |
| ISO 3166 code | US-TN |
| Trad. abbreviation | Tenn. |
| Latitude | 34°59′ N to 36°41′ N |
| Longitude | 81°39′ W to 90°19′ W |
| Website | www |
Tennessee was the 16th state to join the nation, on June 1, 1796. About 6.9 million people lived there in 2020.
Several professional sports teams play there, including the Tennessee Titans of the NFL, the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA, and the Nashville Predators of the NHL.
Cherokee and other Native American tribes lived in Tennessee before the arrival of Europeans. African American slaves worked on plantations in the state.
Tennessee is known for its country music and Southern cuisine.
Tennessee Media
Detail of Henry Timberlake's 1762 (published 1765) "Draught of the Cherokee Country" showing Tanasi. Timberlake's spelling of Tanasi as "Tennessee" is one of the first widely published uses of this spelling of the state's namesake. Tanasi declined after 1730 and by Timberlake's time had been overshadowed by neighboring Chota. The bend in the river is Bacon's Bend.
Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee
The Southwest Territory in 1790
Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796)
The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville
in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood.
The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864
Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War
Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933
Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project
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References
- ↑ McKenzie, Kevin (May 25, 2017). "Nashville overtakes Memphis as Tennessee's largest city". The Tennessean. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/05/25/nashville-overtakes-memphis-tennessees-largest-city/342624001.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
- ↑ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017 (NST-EST2017-01)" (XLS). U.S. Census Bureau. December 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Median Annual Household Income". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. 2017. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ↑ "Languages in Tennessee (State)". Statistical Atlas. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
- ↑ "NASHVILLE RECORDING INDUSTRY". Tennesseeencyclopedia.net. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
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