Tennessee Quickfacts

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Capital City: Nashville
City Links: Community Pages
Location: 36.171N, 086.784W

Admission to Statehood: June 1, 1796
Area: 42146 sq.mi, 36th Land 41220 sq. mi., 34th Water 926 sq.mi., 32nd
Area Codes: 423 - 615 - 731 - 865 - 901 - 931
Biographies: Famous Tennesseans
Bird: Mockingbird 50states List
Border States: Regional List Alabama Arkansas Georgia Kentucky Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Virginia
Cam World: Live Web Cams
Classified Ads: Shop50states Classifieds
Climate: Tennessee
Colleges, Universities: 50states List
Community and Technical Colleges: 50states List
Community Pages: 50states List
Constitution: 16th State {.pdf}
County Profile: Text List 95 Counties
Counties: Origin of names {.pdf}
Courts: Judicial System
Current Events: News Headlines
Department of: Education Certification
Driving: DOS
Economy:
- Agriculture: Soybeans, cotton, tobacco, livestock and livestock products, dairy products, cattle, hogs.
- Industry: Chemicals, transportation equipment, rubber, plastics.
Editorial Cartoons: Cartoonists Index
Fast Facts: 50states List
Flag:
The three stars on the flag represent the three different land forms in Tennessee. Mountains in the east, highlands in the middle and lowlands in the west. On the flag these regions are bound together in an unbroken circle. The field is crimson with a blue background for the stars. The final blue strip relieves the sameness of the crimson field and prevents the flag from showing too much crimson when it is limp. Fly this Flag
Flower: Iris Iridaceae
Genealogical Resources: Cyndi's List Historical Societies
Geographic Center: Rutherford, 5 miles northeast of Murfreesboro
Governor: Don Sundquist (R)
Highest Point: Clingmans Dome; 6643 feet, 17th
Highway Markers: Tennessee Resource Manual
History: Historical History Channel Civil War
Largest Cities: Memphis Nashville Knoxville Chattanooga Clarksville Murfreesboro Jackson
Johnson City Kingsport Franklin
Library: Tennessee
License Plates: Tennessee
Lowest Point: Mississippi River; 182 feet, 29th
Maps: DMOZ Blank Outline Map 50states List
Media: Radio TV
Motto: Agriculture and Commerce
Museums: The Virtual Library
National Forest: Tennessee
Newspapers: Tennessee
Nickname: Volunteer State
Origin of state's name: Named after Cherokee Indian villages called "Tanasi"
Pen Pals: Penpalworld.com
Permanent Residents: Find A Grave
Population: Quick facts 5,689,283; 16th, 12/00
Public Records: Tennessee
Real Estate: Ired.com - Tennessee
Representatives:
- US House: 107th Congress
- US Senate: 107th Congress
- Tennessee House: Members
- Tennessee Senate: Members
Road Side America: Tennessee
Soil: Tennessee - Dickson
Songs: 50states List
- The Tennessee Waltz
- Tennessee, My Homeland
- Tennessee
- When It's Iris Time in Tennessee
- My Tennessee
- Rocky Top
Sports: Tennessee Teams
State Parks: Tennessee
Symbols: Geobop's Bluebook Symbols {.pdf}
Topography: Image Rugged country in the east; Great Smokey Mountains of the Uankas; low ridges in the Applachian Valley; the flat Cumberland Plateau; slightly rolling terrain and knobs of the interior low plateau, the largest region; Eastern Gulf coastal plain to the west, laced with meandering streams; Mississippi alluvial plain, a narrow strip of swamp and flood plain in the extream west.
Tourism: Tour Tennessee
Tree: Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera Plant a Historic Tree, Today!
Unclaimed Funds: Tennessee
Veteran Affairs: Tennessee VA Military Links
Vital Records: Tennessee
Weather: Nashville, Nashville International Airport
Yellow / White Pages: Find A Business / Find A Person