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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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Workers in the Graphite Reactor use a rod to push fresh uranium slugs into the reactor's concrete loading face.

The X-10 Graphite Reactor is a decommissioned nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Formerly known as the Clinton Pile and X-10 Pile, it was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor (after Enrico Fermi's Chicago Pile-1), and the first designed and built for continuous operation. It was built during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project.

While Chicago Pile-1 demonstrated the feasibility of nuclear reactors, the Manhattan Project's goal of producing enough plutonium for atomic bombs required reactors a thousand times as powerful, along with facilities to chemically separate the plutonium bred in the reactors from uranium and fission products. An intermediate step was considered prudent. The next step for the plutonium project, codenamed X-10, was the construction of a semiworks where techniques and procedures could be developed and training conducted. The centerpiece of this was the X-10 Graphite Reactor. It was air-cooled, used nuclear graphite as a neutron moderator, and pure natural uranium in metal form for fuel. (Full article...)

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Downtown Memphis skyline

Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County, in the southwesternmost part of the state, and is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-most populous city in Tennessee after Nashville.

Memphis is the fifth-most populous city in the Southeast, the nation's 28th-most populous overall, as well as the largest city bordering the Mississippi River and third largest metropolitan statistical area behind Greater St. Louis and the Twin Cities on the Mississippi River. The Memphis metropolitan area includes West Tennessee and the greater Mid-South region, which includes portions of neighboring Arkansas, Mississippi and the Missouri Bootheel. One of the more historic and culturally significant cities of the Southern United States, Memphis has a wide variety of landscapes and distinct neighborhoods. (Full article...)

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Image 1Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 2Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (from Tennessee)
Image 3Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 4in 1946 the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of Tennessee statehood. (from Tennessee)
Image 5Alvin C. York (from History of Tennessee)
Image 6John Bell (from History of Tennessee)
Image 7The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (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 Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 10The Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 11Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 12Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 13The 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 14Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 15Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 16The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson, now a museum in Davidson County (from History of Tennessee)
Image 17Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 18Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 19The Ryman Auditorium, home of the "Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 20The 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 21Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 22Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 231861 Bank of Tennessee 1 dollar banknote (from History of Tennessee)
Image 24Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 25Memphis International Airport, the hub of FedEx Corporation, is the busiest cargo airport in the world (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 27The Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1872, by Harry Fenn (from History of Tennessee)
Image 28The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 29The resort city of Gatlinburg borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which is the most visited national park in the United States. (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 31Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 32Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 33Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 34A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 35Workers at the Norris Dam construction camp site in 1933 (from Tennessee)
Image 36Köppen climate types of Tennessee, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Tennessee)
Image 37The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from History of Tennessee)
Image 38A geomap showing the counties of Tennessee colored by the relative range of that county's median income. (from Tennessee)
Image 39Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 40Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 41The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864 (from Tennessee)
Image 42Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 43Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 44Cedar glades are an ecosystem that is found in regions of Middle Tennessee where limestone bedrock is close to the surface (from Tennessee)
Image 45Detail of Tanasi (spelled "Tennessee") on Henry Timberlake's Draught of the Cherokee Country (from Tennessee)
Image 46Interstate 40 traverses Tennessee from east to west, and serves the state's three largest cities. (from Tennessee)
Image 47A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 48Fall Creek Falls, the tallest waterfall in the eastern United States, is located on the Cumberland Plateau (from Tennessee)
Image 49The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 50The 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 51Calutron operators at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project (from Tennessee)
Image 52The Hermitage, plantation home of President Andrew Jackson in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 53Surveyor Daniel Smith's "Map of the Tennassee State" (1796) (from Tennessee)
Image 54Chart showing poverty in Tennessee, by age and gender (red = female) (from Tennessee)
Image 55A View of Memphis, Tennessee, 1871 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 56The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 57The 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 58Third Battle of Chattanooga, November 23–25, 1863 (from History of Tennessee)
Image 59The 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 60Reconstruction of Fort Loudoun, the first British settlement in Tennessee (from Tennessee)
Image 61Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 62Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 63Memphis became known as the "Cotton Capital of the World" in the years following the Civil War (from Tennessee)
Image 64Vanderbilt University in Nashville is consistently ranked as one of the top research institutions in the nation (from Tennessee)
Image 65A Nissan Leaf, one of six models manufactured at the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant, the largest automotive assembly plant in North America (from Tennessee)
Image 66Al Gore served as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1985–1993) and as Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) (from Tennessee)
Image 67Howard Baker served as Senate Minority and Majority Leader from 1977 to 1985, and was known as "The Great Conciliator" (from Tennessee)
Image 68Norris Dam, a hydroelectric dam operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority. (from Tennessee)
Image 69Conquistador Hernando de Soto, first European to visit Tennessee (from History of Tennessee)
Image 70Nashville's replica of the Parthenon (built 1897) (from History of Tennessee)
Image 71Map 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 72Established in 1942, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (from Tennessee)
Image 73Reelfoot Lake in West Tennessee was formed by the 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes (from Tennessee)
Image 74Mount Le Conte in the Great Smoky Mountains is the tallest mountain in eastern North America, measured from base to summit (from Tennessee)
Image 75The Southwest Territory in 1790 (from Tennessee)
Image 76Offices of The Tennessean in Nashville (from Tennessee)
Image 77The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville (from Tennessee)
Image 78Tennessee Volunteers football (from Tennessee)
Image 79Mississippian-period shell gorget, Castalian Springs, Sumner County (from History of Tennessee)

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... that college basketball player Jett Howard almost signed at Tennessee, but instead chose the Michigan team of his father Juwan Howard?
... that TV stations in Nashville and in Memphis, Tennessee, both on channel 30, lost their Fox affiliations in 1990?
... that when Nashville's Eighth Avenue South Reservoir ruptured in 1912, one family was swept away while still lying in bed?
... that professional golfer Cary Middlecoff co-owned Memphis, Tennessee, radio station WCBR in the mid-1950s?
... that WLOK, the first Black-owned radio station in Memphis, Tennessee, organizes an annual "Stone Soul Picnic" gospel concert series?
... that Tennessee State Route 396 was constructed to provide access to the Spring Hill Manufacturing plant of Saturn Corporation?

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