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Tennessee is an interior state, in the south central region of the eastern US. It is located between the Mississippi River and the Appalchians: west of North Carolina, south of Kentucky, and north of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.
Tennessee became the 16th U.S. state when it joined the Union on June 1, 1796. Tennessee was the last of the Southern states to declare secession from the Union during the Civil War. It was admitted to the Confederacy on July 2, 1861 becoming the eleventh state to join the Confederacy. Tennessee was readmitted to the Union on July 24, 1866 at the end of the war.
The area of Tennessee is 42,146 sq. miles.
the area of Tennessee is either 41,220 or 42,169
The U.S. includes the Northeast, Midwest, South and West regions. Tennessee is located in the South Region.