Tennessee

Tennessee — page 3 — (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

Tennessee — page 4 — (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) State Flower Iris (cid:41)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:83) State Mineral Agate (cid:33)(cid:71)(cid:65)(cid:84)(cid:69) State Tree Tulip Poplar State Songs My Homeland Tennessee When It’s Iris Time In Tennessee My Tennessee Tennessee Waltz Rocky Top Tennessee 1992 The Pride of Tennessee A Bicentennial Rap 1796-1996 Smoky Mountain Rain Tennessee 2012 (cid:52)(cid:85)(cid:76)(cid:73)(cid:80)(cid:0)(cid:48)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:76)(cid:65)(cid:82) Highest Point Clingmans Dome 6,643 feet 2,025 m Lowest Point Mississippi River 178 feet 54 m Average July High Temperature 88 F 31 C (cid:35)(cid:76)(cid:73)(cid:78)(cid:71)(cid:77)(cid:65)(cid:78)(cid:83)(cid:0) (cid:35)(cid:76)(cid:73)(cid:78)(cid:71)(cid:77)(cid:65)(cid:78)(cid:83)(cid:0) (cid:36)(cid:79)(cid:77)(cid:69) (cid:36)(cid:79)(cid:77)(cid:69) Record High Temperature 113 F 45 C in Perryville on August 9 1930 Average January Low Temperature 27 F 3 C Record Low Temperature 32 F 36 C in Mountain City on December 30 1917 Average Annual Precipitation 53 inches 135 cm (cid:45)(cid:73)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:73)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:73)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:73)(cid:0)(cid:50)(cid:73)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:82) Number of U S Senators 2 Number of U S Representatives 9 U S Postal Service Abbreviation TN QUICK FACTS 7

Tennessee — page 5 — (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

Tennessee — page 6 — (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

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