(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)TENNESSEE (cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43) QUICK FACTS Name Tanasi was the name of a Cherokee Native American village The name was later used to describe the Tennessee River and later the whole region State Capital Nashville population 654,610 Nashville-Davidson County Date of Statehood June 1 1796 16th state Population 6,600,299 17th-most populous state Area Total Land and Water 42,144 square miles 109,152 sq km 36th-largest state Largest City Memphis population 655,770 Nickname The Volunteer State Motto Agriculture and Commerce State Bird Mockingbird 6 TENNESSEE
(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)TENNESSEE (cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43) GEOGRAPHY Tennessee is 432 miles 695 km from east to west but it is only 112 miles 180 km from north to south To the west are the states of Arkansas and Missouri separated from Tennessee by the Mississippi River Tennessee shares its southern border with three states Mississippi Alabama and Georgia To the east is North Carolina To the north are Kentucky and Virginia Tennessee has three very unique regions They are often called the Grand Divisions The regions include West Middle and East Tennessee West Tennessee is filled with lowlands swamps and river bottoms with some rolling hills These flood plains are sometimes called the Delta region The fertile soil is good for growing crops especially cotton Bald cypress trees grow in a Tennessee swamp 8 TENNESSEE
(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:3)(cid:43) RI U MISSO Mississippi River KENTUCKY u mb erla n d R i v e r Nashville (cid:43) Reelfoot Lake C T e n n e s s e e R i v e r TENNESSEE 40 24 Memphis 65 Chattanooga NSAS A K R A 0 0 100 km 100 miles Knoxville 40 VIRGINIA N (cid:56) S N MT HIA C A APPAL Tennessee River S T Y M K O G RE A T S M NORTH CAROLINA MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA GEORGIA SOUTH CAROLINA (cid:52)(cid:69)(cid:78)(cid:78)(cid:69)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:69)(cid:69)(cid:7)(cid:83)(cid:0)(cid:84)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:65)(cid:76)(cid:0)(cid:76)(cid:65)(cid:78)(cid:68)(cid:0)(cid:65)(cid:78)(cid:68)(cid:0)(cid:87)(cid:65)(cid:84)(cid:69)(cid:82)(cid:0)(cid:65)(cid:82)(cid:69)(cid:65)(cid:0)(cid:73)(cid:83)(cid:0) (cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:12)(cid:17)(cid:20)(cid:20)(cid:0)(cid:83)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:65)(cid:82)(cid:69)(cid:0)(cid:77)(cid:73)(cid:76)(cid:69)(cid:83)(cid:0)(cid:8)(cid:17)(cid:16)(cid:25)(cid:12)(cid:17)(cid:21)(cid:18)(cid:0)(cid:83)(cid:81)(cid:0)(cid:75)(cid:77)(cid:9)(cid:14)(cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:41)(cid:84)(cid:0) (cid:73)(cid:83)(cid:0)(cid:84)(cid:72)(cid:69)(cid:0)(cid:19)(cid:22)(cid:84)(cid:72)(cid:13)(cid:76)(cid:65)(cid:82)(cid:71)(cid:69)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:0)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:65)(cid:84)(cid:69)(cid:14)(cid:0)(cid:52)(cid:72)(cid:69)(cid:0)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:65)(cid:84)(cid:69)(cid:0)(cid:67)(cid:65)(cid:80)(cid:73)(cid:84)(cid:65)(cid:76)(cid:0) (cid:73)(cid:83)(cid:0)(cid:46)(cid:65)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:73)(cid:76)(cid:76)(cid:69)(cid:14)(cid:0) GEOGRAPHY 9
