Tennessee (i/tɛnᵻˈsiː/) (Cherokee: ᏔᎾᏏ, Tanasi) is a state located in the southeastern United States. Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 601,222. Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 653,450. 

The state of Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians. What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later part of the Southwest Territory. Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War in 1861. Occupied by Union forces from 1862, it was the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the war.
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Tennessee
Tennessee
June 1, 1796
Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796
Nashville
Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville
second largest
second largest city is Nashville
Memphis
Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 653
653,450.
Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 653,450. 
601,222
 Nashville, which has a population of 601,222
Virginia
Virginia to the north
Yes. Kentucky
 Kentucky a
Mississippi River
Mississippi River form
Appalachian
Appalachian Mountains dominate
Confederacy
join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War in 186
1861
outbreak of the U.S. Civil War in 1861
Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi
Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, 
Cherokee
Cherokee
southeastern
southeastern United States
17th most populous
17th most populous 
17th
17th most populous
Watauga Association
Watauga Association
1772
1772 fro