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NICK NAME | The Volunteer State; The Big Bend State | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Nashville | |
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LARGEST CITY | Memphis | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | Nashville-Davidson | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Shelby | |
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AREA | 42,146 sq. miles; 41,220 sq. miles land, 926 sq. miles water. (36th state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 6,643 ft., Clingmans Dome (Sevier County) | |
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LOWEST POINT | 182 ft., along the Mississippi River (Shelby County) | |
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ABBREVIATION | TN (postal); Tenn. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 615, 901 | |
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TIME ZONE | Eastern | |
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PART OF REGION | South | |
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ADMISSION DATE | June 1, 1796 (16th State) | |
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LOCATION | In the East-Central United States, bordering Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | For an important Cherokee village, Tanasi, on the Little Tennessee River in the eastern part of the state. The meaning of the name is unknown. When North Carolina ceded its western lands to the U.S. government in 1784, the territory created a formal but unofficial government as the state of Franklin or Frankland; in 1790 it officially became the Territory South of the Ohio. The present name was accepted by Congress on admission to the Union. | |
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STATE ANIMAL | Raccoon (Procyon Lotor) | |
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STATE BIRD | Mockingbird (Mimus Polyglottos) | |
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STATE FLOWER | CULTIVATED: Iris WILD: Passion Flower | |
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STATE FOLK DANCE | Square Dance | |
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STATE INSECT | Ladybug (Hippodamia Convergens) Firefly (Photuris Pennsylvanica) | |
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STATE POEM | "Oh Tennessee, My Tennessee" | |
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STATE ROCK | Limestone, Agate | |
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STATE SLOGAN | Tennessee -- America at Its Best | |
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STATE SONG | "When It's Iris Time in Tennessee"; "The Tennessee Waltz"; "My Homeland, Tennessee"; "Rocky Top" | |
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STATE STONE | Tennessee Pearl | |
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STATE TREE | Tulip Popular (Liriodendron Tulipifera) | |
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STATE MOTTO | Agriculture and Commerce |
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