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Tennessee covers roughly 42,143 square miles (109,150 km 2), of which 926 square miles (2,400 km 2), or 2.2%, is water. It is the 16th smallest state in terms of land area. The state is about 440 miles (710 km) long from east to west and 112 miles (180 km) wide from north to south.
Map of the United States with Tennessee highlighted These directional signs in Crossville, photographed in 1937 by Ben Shahn as part of a New Deal program, helped travelers find their way to other Tennessee cities and towns. Tennessee is a state located in the Southern United States. There are 346 municipalities in the state of Tennessee.
Tennessee (/ ˌ t ɛ n ɪ ˈ s iː / ⓘ, locally / ˈ t ɛ n ɪ s i /) [10] [11] [12] is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the ...
Kennessee is a term coined to denote land along the Kentucky - Tennessee state border that historically lay between the Walker Line surveyed by Thomas Walker and Daniel Smith in 1779-1780 and the true parallel 36 degrees and 30 minutes surveyed by Thomas J. Matthews in July–September 1826. [1]
County in Tennessee Robertson County County Robertson County courthouse in Springfield Seal Location within the U.S. state of Tennessee Tennessee's location within the U.S. Coordinates: 36°32′N 86°52′W / 36.53°N 86.87°W / 36.53; -86.87 Country United States State Tennessee Founded April 9, 1796 ; 228 years ago (1796-04-09) Named for James Robertson Seat Springfield Largest ...
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Nested in the easternmost tip of Tennessee, Jonesborough—the oldest town in the state—is like a living museum. It boasts a postcard-worthy downtown with tons of idyllic, old buildings.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 442 square miles (1,140 km 2), of which 435 square miles (1,130 km 2) is land and 7.7 square miles (20 km 2) (1.7%) is water. [9] As the most southeastern county in Tennessee, it is the state's only county to share borders with both Georgia and North Carolina.