29 Facts About Tennessee River

1. Tennessee River sends nine members to the US House of Representatives, of whom there are seven Republicans and two Democrats.

2. The first was adopted in 1796, the year Tennessee River joined the union, and the second was adopted in 1834.

3. The only spur highway of I-75 in Tennessee River is I-275, which is in Knoxville.

4. Tennessee River imposes an inheritance tax on decedents' estates that exceed maximum single exemption limits.

5. Tennessee River is a right to work state, as are most of its Southern neighbors.

6. Soybeans are heavily planted in West Tennessee River, focusing on the northwest corner of the state.

7. Tennessee River has over 82,000 farms, roughly 59 percent of which accommodate beef cattle.

8. Center of population of Tennessee River is located in Rutherford County, in the city of Murfreesboro.

9. In 2011, parts of East Tennessee River, including Hamilton County and Apison in Bradley County, were devastated by the April 2011 tornado outbreak.

10. In 1897, Tennessee River celebrated its centennial of statehood with a great exposition in Nashville.

11. At that time, Tennessee River was inhabited by tribes of Muscogee and Yuchi people.

12. Middle Tennessee River is one of the primary state population and transportation centers along with the heart of state government.

13. Middle Tennessee River was a common destination of settlers crossing the Appalachians from Virginia in the late 18th century and early 19th century.

14. East Tennessee River has several important transportation links with Middle and West Tennessee, as well as the rest of the nation and the world, including several major airports and interstates.

15. Tennessee River is home to the most caves in the United States, with over 10,000 documented caves to date.

16. Tennessee River is tied with Missouri as the state bordering the most other states.

17. Tennessee River is known as The Volunteer State, a nickname some claimed was earned during the War of 1812 because of the prominent role played by volunteer soldiers from Tennessee, especially during the Battle of New Orleans.

18. Tennessee River was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861.

19. State of Tennessee River is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians.

20. Tennessee River is the 36th largest and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States.

21. Tennessee River is a tributary, or a river that flows into, the Ohio River.

22. The Tennessee River now has a series of locks and reservoirs impounded by multipurpose dams for navigation, power, and flood control.

23. The Tennessee River was explored during the period of rivalry between the French and the English for the territory west of the Appalachians, and a few small forts and posts were established on its banks.

24. Tennessee River held them without a bucket for 9:32 in the first half.

25. The Tennessee River has not seen flooding like this since 2010, Brooks said.

26. Tennessee River is an important part of the Great Loop, the recreational circumnavigation of Eastern North America by water.

27. Tennessee River begins at mile post 652, where the French Broad River meets the Holston River, but historically there were several different definitions of its starting point.

28. Tennessee River is formed at the confluence of the Holston and French Broad rivers in present-day Knoxville, Tennessee.

29. Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River.