Tennessee was the 16 th state in the USA ; it became a state on June 1, 1796 .
State Abbreviation - TN
State Capital - Nashville
Largest City - Memphis
Area - 42,146 square miles [Tennessee is the 36th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 5,689,283 (as of 2000) [Tennessee is the 16th most populous state in the USA]
Name for Residents - Tennesseans
Major Industries - mining (coal), electrical power, enriched uranium production, music, automobile manufacturing, farming (tobacco, cattle, soybeans, cotton), walking horses, tourism
Major Rivers - Tennessee River, Mississippi River, Cumberland River, Clinch River, Duck River
Major Lakes - Kentucky Lake, Norris Lake, Chickamauga Lake, Cherokee Lake, Tims Ford Reservoir
Highest Point - Clingmans Dome (located in Great Smoky Mountains National Park) - 6,643 feet (2,025 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia
Origin of the Name Tennessee - The name Tennessee came from a Cherokee village in the region that is called "Tanasie."
State Nickname - The Volunteer State
State Motto - "Agriculture and Commerce"
State Songs - My Homeland Tennessee, The Tennessee Waltz, When It's Iris Time in Tennessee, My Tennessee, Rocky Top, Tennessee, and The Pride of Tennessee.
Moving Companies and Relocation Services in TN |
Chattanooga , TN
Clarksville , TN
Cleveland , TN
Cookeville
Franklin |
Jackson , TN
Johnson City , TN
Kingsport , TN
Knoxville
Maryville |
Memphis , TN
Millington , TN
Morristown , TN
Murfreesboro
Nashville |
Tennessee Moving Companies by County |
Anderson
Bedford
Benton
Pikeville (Bledsoe)
Blount
Bradley
Campbell
Cannon
Carroll
Carter
Cheatham
Chester
Claiborne
Clay
Cocke
Coffee
Crockett
Cumberland
Davidson
Decatur
Dekalb
Dickson
Dyer
Fayette
Fentress
Franklin
Gibson
Giles
Grainger
Greene
Grundy
Hamblen |
Hamilton
Hancock
Hardeman
Hardin
Hawkins
Haywood
Henderson
Henry
Hickman
Houston
Humphreys
Jackson
Jefferson
Johnson
Knox
Lake
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Hohenwald (Lewis)
Lincoln
Loudon
Macon
Madison
Marion
Marshall
Maury
McMinn
McNairy
Meigs
Monroe
Montgomery
Lynchburg (Moore) |
Morgan
Obion
Overton
Perry
Byrdstown (Pickett)
Polk
Putnam
Rhea
Roane
Robertson
Rutherford
Scott
Dunlap (Sequatchie)
Sevier
Shelby
Smith
Stewart
Sullivan
Sumner
Tipton
Hartsville (Trousdale)
Unicoi
Union
Spencer (Van Buren)
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Weakley
White
Williamson
Wilson |
