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State Route 136 SR 136 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by TDOT Length 56.51 mi (90.94 km) Major junctions South end US 70S near Rock Island Major intersections US 70 west of Sparta SR 111 at Hampton Crossroads I-40 in Cookeville US 70N in Cookeville SR 85 in Hilham North end SR 52 at Timothy Location Country United States State Tennessee Counties Warren, White, Putnam 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 ...
The Great Seal is provided for in the Tennessee Constitution of 1796. The design, however, was not undertaken until September 25, 1801. [2] [1] Wheat and cotton were, and still are, important cash crops grown in the state. In 1987, the Tennessee General Assembly adopted a standardized version of the seal that updated its look and appearance. [2]
State Route 5. US 45 Byp. / US 70 / US 412 Bus. in Jackson. State Route 5 ( SR 5) is a 120-mile-long (190 km) north–south state highway in the western part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Except for the section northwest of Union City, it is entirely concurrent with U.S. Route 45 (US 45) and US 45W .
State symbols. Tennessee's state flag, adopted in 1905, has three stars representing the state's three Grand Divisions: West, Middle, and East Tennessee. The designer was LeRoy Reeves of the Tennessee National Guard, who explained: "The three stars are of pure white, representing the three grand divisions of the state.
The flag of Tennessee displays an emblem on a field of red, with a strip of blue bordered by white on the fly. The emblem in the middle consists of three stars on a blue circle also with a white border. The central emblem portion of the flag has been adopted as the state's unofficial logo, and appears in the logos of some Tennessee-based ...
The 2023 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Buccaneers were led by second-year head coach George Quarles and played home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium in Johnson City, Tennessee .
This category is for alumni of Tennessee State University and its predecessor institutions such as the Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State Normal School for Negroes, Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State Normal College, or Tennessee Agricultural & Industrial State College.