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Most of the state is considered part of the Upland South, and the eastern third is part of Appalachia. [ 1 ] 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 ...
The three Grand Divisions, East, Middle, and West Tennessee, are formally defined in state law at Tennessee Code Annotated Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 2 ("Grand Divisions and State Capital") [3] as the "eastern, middle, and western" Grand Divisions of the state. The law lists the counties in each region. The boundary between East Tennessee and ...
Tennessee is one of the 50 states of the United States. What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later part of the Southwest Territory. It was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state. Tennessee earned the nickname "The Volunteer State" during the War of 1812, when many Tennesseans helped with the war ...
US 41/US 76/SR 3 at the Georgia state line in East Ridge: SR 56 in McMinnville: 1923: current SR 9: 131.33: 211.36 US 25W at the Kentucky state line in Jellico: US 25/US 70 at the North Carolina state line near Del Rio: 1923: current Unsigned companion route for US 25, US 25W, and US 70 SR 10: 132.40: 213.08
Website. www.andersontn.org. Anderson County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in the northern part of the state in East Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, its population was 77,123. [2] Its county seat is Clinton. [3] Anderson County is included in the Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
State of Tennessee: Public – Full access 2002 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Carter State Natural Area: II Franklin: 931 377 State of Tennessee: Public – Full access 1975 Cedars of Lebanon State Forest Natural Area: II Wilson: 2,690 1,090 State of Tennessee: Public – Limited access 1974 Chimneys State Natural Area I Marion: 33 13 State of Tennessee
The Appalachian Trail roughly follows the North Carolina state line before shifting westward into Tennessee. [199] Stretching west from the Blue Ridge Mountains for about 55 miles (89 km) are the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also known as the Tennessee Valley [c] or Great Valley of East Tennessee.
East Tennessee's major landforms. East Tennessee is located within three major geological divisions of the Appalachian Mountains: the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border with North Carolina in the east; the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (usually called the "Great Appalachian Valley" or "Tennessee Valley" [a]) in the center; and the Cumberland Plateau in the west, part of which is in Middle ...