Map of Tennessee

Tennessee is a state in the East South Central region of the United States of America. It entered the Union in 1796. Nashville is the capital and largest metropolitan area. Memphis is the largest city. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the west, and Missouri to the northwest.

Colors of autumn in a lake in the Smokey Mountains, Tennessee.