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In 1796, Tennessee became the sixteenth state to join the Union.
It was created by taking the north and south borders of North Carolina and extending them to the Mississippi River.

The word "Tennessee" comes from the Cherokee town Tanasi, which alongwith its neighbor town Chota was one of the most important Cherokee towns and often referred to as the capital city of the Overhill Cherokee.

Tennessee is known as the "Volunteer State", a nickname it earned during the War of 1812, in which volunteer soldiers from Tennessee played a prominent role, especially during the Battle of New Orleans.
The capital is Nashville and the largest city is Memphis.


 

West Tennessee
West of the Highland Rim and Nashville Basin is the Gulf Coastal Plain, which includes the Mississippi embayment.
Most of West Tennessee remained Indian land until the Chickasaw Cession of 1818, when the Chickasaw ceded their land between the Tennessee River and the Mississippi River. The portion of the Chickasaw Cession that lies in Kentucky is known as the Jackson Purchase.