Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
10 Amazing Tennessee Facts
1.Tennessee provided more soldiers during the War of 1812 than any other state, which led to its nickname, "The Volunteer State."
2. Tennessee is tied with Missouri for being the state with the most borders.
3. Barney and Ally Hartman invented Mountain Dew in the 1940s in Tennessee. The name is Scots-Irish slang for moonshine.
4. Tennessee's Grand Ole Opry is the world's oldest radio show.
5. The carnivorous pitcher plant is one of Tennessee's most endangered plants. The plant dissolves any insect that crawls into its green leaves and then absorbs them for nutrition.
6. Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union during the Civil War and the first state readmitted.
7. Dentist William Morrison and candymaker John Wharton invented cotton candy in Tennessee in the early 1900s.
8. Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the United States.
9. Famous Tennesseans include Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin, Davy Crockett, and Lisa Marie Presley.
10. Elvis Presley’s Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee, is the second most-visited historic home in the United States, after the White House.
10 Amazing Tennessee Facts
1.Tennessee provided more soldiers during the War of 1812 than any other state, which led to its nickname, "The Volunteer State."
2. Tennessee is tied with Missouri for being the state with the most borders.
3. Barney and Ally Hartman invented Mountain Dew in the 1940s in Tennessee. The name is Scots-Irish slang for moonshine.
4. Tennessee's Grand Ole Opry is the world's oldest radio show.
5. The carnivorous pitcher plant is one of Tennessee's most endangered plants. The plant dissolves any insect that crawls into its green leaves and then absorbs them for nutrition.
6. Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union during the Civil War and the first state readmitted.
7. Dentist William Morrison and candymaker John Wharton invented cotton candy in Tennessee in the early 1900s.
8. Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the United States.
9. Famous Tennesseans include Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin, Davy Crockett, and Lisa Marie Presley.
10. Elvis Presley’s Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee, is the second most-visited historic home in the United States, after the White House.
