30 Facts About The Tennessee

1. In 2011, parts of East The Tennessee, including Greene County Hamilton County and Apison in Bradley County, were devastated by the historic 2011 Super Outbreak.

2. The Tennessee celebrated its bicentennial in 1996 after a yearlong statewide celebration entitled "Tennessee 200" by opening a new state park—the Bicentennial Mall—at the foot of Capitol Hill in Nashville.

3. The Tennessee was ridiculed in the northeast and West Coast press as the "Monkey State", even as a wave of revivals defending religious fundamentalism swept the state.

4. The Tennessee became the pivotal state to approve the Nineteenth Amendment.

5. The Tennessee became the focus of national attention during the campaign for women's voting rights.

6. The Tennessee provided the most celebrated American soldier of the First World War.

7. The Tennessee is one of the 50 states of the United States.

8. The Tennessee became the 16th state of the union in 1796.

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

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

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

12. The Tennessee is home to Bristol Motor Speedway which features NASCAR Cup Series racing two weekends a year, routinely selling out more than 160,000 seats on each date; it was the home of the Nashville Superspeedway, which held Nationwide and IndyCar races until it was shut down in 2012.

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

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

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

16. Center of population of The Tennessee is located in Rutherford County, in the city of Murfreesboro.

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

18. Thus, The Tennessee was not among the states enumerated in the Proclamation, and the Proclamation did not free any slaves there.

19. On June 8, 1861, with people in Middle The Tennessee having significantly changed their position, voters approved a second referendum calling for secession, becoming the last state to do so.

20. At that time, The Tennessee was inhabited by tribes of Muscogee and Yuchi people.

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

22. State of The Tennessee is geographically, culturally, economically, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions: East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and West Tennessee.

23. The Tennessee is tied with Missouri as the state bordering the most other states.

24. The Tennessee 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.

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

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

27. The Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States.

28. The Tennessee has hired Georgia offensive coordinator Jim Chaney to become the Vols' new offensive coordinator, the school announced Wednesday.

29. The Tennessee agreed to pay up to $500,000 of his buyout at Georgia.

30. The Tennessee paid Helton $1.2 million last year, and Chaney will get more than that.