Tennessee

Tennessee is a Southern state of the United States.

Important cities and towns

The current capital is Nashville, though Knoxville, Kingston, and Murfreesboro have all served as state capitals. Memphis has the largest population of any city in the state, but Nashville has a larger metropolitan area. Chattanooga and Knoxville, both in the eastern part of the state near the Great Smoky Mountains, each have approximately a third of Memphis or Nashville's population. The three cities of Bristol, Kingsport, and Johnson City make up a fifth significant population center, often called the "Tri-Cities", in the far northeast of the state. As of 2000, the population is 5,689,283.

Related Topics:
Nashville - Knoxville - Kingston - Murfreesboro - State capitals - Memphis - Metropolitan area - Chattanooga - Great Smoky Mountains - Bristol - Kingsport - Johnson City - Tri-Cities - 2000

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Major cities

• Chattanooga
• Major railroad hub, financial center
• Major Civil War battleground
• Major tourist atrractions:
• Ruby Falls
• Tennessee Aquarium
• Rock City (located in nearby Lookout Mountain, Georgia)
• Incline Railway
• Knoxville
• Original state capital
• Home of:
• Main campus of University of Tennessee
• Tennessee Valley Authority headquarters
• 1982 World's Fair
• Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
• Memphis
• Blues music center
• "Birthplace of rock and roll"
• Assassination of Martin Luther King
• One of the centers of 60s and 70s soul music (Stax, Hi)
• Home of:
• Elvis Presley
• Memphis Grizzlies, National Basketball Association franchise
• University of Memphis (formerly Memphis State University)
• Worldwide shipping giant FedEx
• Nashville
• State capital
• World center of country music industry
• Home of:
• Southern Baptist Convention headquarters
• Vanderbilt University
• Tennessee State University
• Many other small private colleges and universities
• Tennessee Titans, National Football League franchise
• Nashville Predators, National Hockey League franchise

Secondary cities

• Clarksville
• Main campus of Austin Peay State University
• Near Fort Campbell, home of 101st Airborne Division of U.S. Army
• Cleveland
• Church of God (Cleveland) headquarters
• Johnson City
• Home of East Tennessee State University
• Historic railway center for three states originally known as Johnson's Depot and later as "Little Chicago"
• Kingsport
• Corporate headquarters of Eastman Chemical Company
• Chartered in 1917 as "the Model City"
• Lebanon
• Home to Cracker Barrel restaurant chain and site of first location
• Home of Nashville Superspeedway
• Murfreesboro
• Home of Middle Tennessee State University
• Geographic center of Tennessee
• Home of famous American Civil War Battle of Stones River (also known as the Battle of Murfreesboro)
• Oak Ridge
• Major scientific/research center
• Manhattan Project