Tennessee River
The Tennessee River is a 652 mi long river located in the southeastern United States. Flowing through the Tennessee Valley in the states of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, it begins at the confluence of French Broad and Holston rivers at Knoxville, and drains into the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the southeastern United States
- Also known as: “Acanseasipi River”, “Callamaco River”, “Cassatees River”, “Cherake River”, “Cherokee River”, “Cootcla River”, “Cussate River”, “Cussatees River”, “Fiume Callamaco”, “Fiume Cherakese”, “Fiume dei Cherakesi”, “Fiume Hogokegee”, “Fiume Hogokegee River”, “Hogehege River”, “Hogohegee Fiume”, “Hogohegee River”, “Hogshegee River”, “Hohoghee River”, “Hohoghgee River”, “Kallamuchee River”, “Kaskinampo River”, “River Des Charquis”, “River of the Cherakis”, “River of the Cherokees”, “Riviere de Cheraquis”, “Riviere des Caskinampo”, “Riviere des Casquinanbaux”, “Riviere des Cheraquis”, “Riviere des Cheroquis”, “Tanessee River”, “Tannassee River”, “Tenase River”, “Tenasee River”, “Tenasi River”, “Tenassee River”, “Tenesee River”, “Tennassee River”, “Tennesee River”, “Tennesie River”, “Tennissee River”, “Tenure River”, and “Tinnase River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Quilt Museum and St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church.
National Quilt Museum
Museum
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The National Quilt Museum, located in Paducah, Kentucky, is an art museum that exhibits fiber art and quilting from around the world. The museum is recognized by USA Today as one of the world's top quilt displays. National Quilt Museum is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tennessee River.
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Church
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The St. Francis DeSales Roman Catholic Church is a historic church building at 116 S. 6th Street in Paducah, Kentucky. It was built in 1899 and, together with its 1927-built rectory, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tennessee River.
Grace Episcopal Church
Church
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Grace Episcopal Church is a historic church in Paducah, Kentucky. The church is located at 820 Broadway in the historic centre of Paducah, close to the Lloyd Tilghman House and Civil War Museum. Grace Episcopal Church is situated 2½ miles northwest of Tennessee River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paducah and Reidland.
Paducah
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Paducah is a small city on the Ohio River about midway between St. Louis, Missouri and Nashville, Tennessee. The county seat of McCracken County and the largest city in the Jackson Purchase area of western Kentucky, Paducah has a booming riverfront restaurant…
Reidland
Village
Reidland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,526 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Reidland is situated 4 miles southeast of Tennessee River.
Tennessee River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Livingston, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Tennessee River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Tennesseerivier”
- Arabic: “نهر تينيسي”
- Armenian: “Թենեսի գետ”
- Armenian: “Թենեսի”
- Asturian: “Ríu Tennessee”
- Basque: “Tennessee ibaia”
- Basque: “Tennessee”
- Bavarian: “Tennessee River”
- Belarusian: “Тэнесі (рака)”
- Belarusian: “Тэнесі”
- Bengali: “টেনেসি নদী”
- Bhojpuri: “टेनेसी नदी”
- Bulgarian: “Тенеси”
- Catalan: “riu Tennessee”
- Catalan: “Riu Tennessee”
- Cebuano: “Tennessee River”
- Central Bikol: “Salog Tennessee”
- Chinese: “田納西河”
- Chinese: “田纳西河”
- Chuvash: “Теннесси”
- Croatian: “Tennessee”
- Czech: “Tennessee”
- Danish: “Tennessee-floden”
- Danish: “Tennesseefloden”
- Dutch: “Tennessee River”
- Dutch: “Tennessee rivier”
- Dutch: “Tennessee”
- Dutch: “Tennesseerivier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تينيسى”
- Esperanto: “Tenesio (rivero)”
- Esperanto: “Tenesio”
- Estonian: “Tennessee jõgi”
- Faroese: “Tennesseeá”
- French: “Tennessee”
- Galician: “Río Tennessee”
- Georgian: “ტენესი (მდინარე)”
- Georgian: “ტენესი”
- German: “Tennessee River”
- German: “Tennessee”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Τενεσί”
- Hebrew: “טנסי”
- Hebrew: “נהר הטנסי”
- Hebrew: “נהר טנסי”
- Hungarian: “Tennessee”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tennessee”
- Italian: “Tennessee”
- Japanese: “テネシー川”
- Kannada: “ಟೆನಸೀ ನದಿ”
- Kirghiz: “Теннесси”
- Korean: “테네시강”
- Latin: “Tennesia (flumen)”
- Latin: “Tennesia”
- Lithuanian: “Tenesis”
- Malayalam: “Tennessee River”
- Malayalam: “ചെറോക്കി നദി”
- Malayalam: “ടെന്നസി നദി”
- Marathi: “टेनेसी नदी”
- Mingrelian: “ტენესი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ტენესი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tennessee River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tennessee-elva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tennessee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tennessee-elva”
- Norwegian: “Tennessee”
- Ossetian: “Теннесси”
- Persian: “رود تنسی”
- Persian: “رودخانه تنسی”
- Persian: “رودخانهٔ تنسی”
- Polish: “Tennessee”
- Portuguese: “Rio Tennessee”
- Romanian: “Râul Tennessee”
- Romanian: “Tennessee River”
- Russian: “Теннеси”
- Russian: “Теннесси”
- Scots: “Tennessee River”
- Serbian: “Tenesi”
- Serbian: “Река Тенеси”
- Serbian: “Тенеси”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tennessee”
- Slovak: “Tennessee”
- Slovenian: “reka Tennessee”
- Slovenian: “Tennessee River”
- Slovenian: “Tennessee”
- South Azerbaijani: “تنسی چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Tenesi”
- Spanish: “Rio Ténesi”
- Spanish: “Río Tenesi”
- Spanish: “Río Ténesi”
- Spanish: “Rio Tennessee”
- Spanish: “Río Tennessee”
- Spanish: “Tennessee”
- Swahili: “Mto Tennessee”
- Swedish: “Tennesseefloden”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำเทนเนสซี”
- Turkish: “Tennessee Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Теннессі”
- Urdu: “دریائے ٹینیسی”
- Uzbek: “Tennese daryosi”
- Uzbek: “Tennessi”
- Venetian: “Tennessee”
- Vietnamese: “sông Tennessee”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Tennessee”
- Vietnamese: “Tennessee”
- Waray (Philippines): “Salog Tennessee”
- Welsh: “Afon Tennessee”
- Western Frisian: “Tennessee”
- Wu Chinese: “田纳西河”
- “टेनेसी नदी”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Tennessee River”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tyler and Farley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Livingston Point and Cuba Towhead.
Kentucky: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Frankfort, Louisville, Lexington, and Bowling Green.
Curious Streams to Discover
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