Kennessee, the Glossary
Kennessee is a term coined to denote land along the Kentucky - Tennessee state border that historically lay between the Walker Line surveyed by Thomas Walker and Daniel Smith in 1779-1780 and the true parallel 36 degrees and 30 minutes surveyed by Thomas J. Matthews in July–September 1826.[1]
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9 relations: Circle of latitude, Cumberland Gap, Daniel Smith (surveyor), Kentucky, Neologism, Squatting, Tennessee, Tennessee River, Thomas Walker (explorer).
- Border irregularities of the United States
- Regions of Kentucky
- Regions of Tennessee
- Regions of the Southern United States
Circle of latitude
A circle of latitude or line of latitude on Earth is an abstract east–west small circle connecting all locations around Earth (ignoring elevation) at a given latitude coordinate line.
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Cumberland Gap
The Cumberland Gap is a pass in the eastern United States through the long ridge of the Cumberland Mountains, within the Appalachian Mountains and near the tripoint of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee.
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Daniel Smith (surveyor)
Daniel Smith (October 29, 1748June 16, 1818) was a surveyor, an American Revolutionary War patriot, and twice a United States Senator from Tennessee.
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Kentucky
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Neologism
In linguistics, a neologism (also known as a coinage) is any newly formed word, term, or phrase that nevertheless has achieved popular or institutional recognition and is becoming accepted into mainstream language.
Squatting
Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use.
Tennessee
Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Tennessee River
The Tennessee River is the largest tributary of the Ohio River.
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Thomas Walker (explorer)
Thomas Walker (January 25, 1715 – November 9, 1794) was a physician, planter and explorer in colonial Virginia who served multiple terms in the Virginia General Assembly, and whose descendants also had political careers.
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See also
Border irregularities of the United States
- Akwesasne
- Alburgh (town), Vermont
- Artificial Island (Delaware River)
- Border irregularities of the United States
- Boston Corner, New York
- Carolinas
- Carter Lake, Iowa
- Cherokee Strip (Kansas)
- Connecticut panhandle
- Corona, Tennessee
- DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
- Delaware Wedge
- Derby Line, Vermont
- Elm Point, Minnesota
- Erie Triangle
- Estcourt Station, Maine
- How the States Got Their Shapes
- Hyder, Alaska
- Kaskaskia, Illinois
- Kennessee
- Kentucky Bend
- Marble Hill, Manhattan
- Mechanicsville, Delaware
- Missouri Bootheel
- New Mexico bootheel
- Northwest Angle
- Northwesternmost point of the Lake of the Woods
- Philipse Patent
- Point Roberts, Washington
- Reverie, Tennessee
- Southwick, Massachusetts
- St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
- Sullivan Line
- Twelve-Mile Circle
Regions of Kentucky
- Appalachian Plateau
- Bluegrass region
- Cincinnati metropolitan area
- Eastern Kentucky Coalfield
- Geography of Kentucky
- Golden Triangle (Kentucky)
- Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area
- Jackson Purchase
- Kennessee
- Kentuckiana
- Knobs region
- Louisville metropolitan area
- Mississippi Alluvial Plain (ecoregion)
- Mississippi Valley Loess Plains (ecoregion)
- Northern Kentucky
- Pennyroyal Plateau
- Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
- Western Coal Field
- Western Kentucky
Regions of Tennessee
- Appalachian Plateau
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Chattanooga metropolitan area
- East Tennessee
- Grand Divisions of Tennessee
- Highland Rim
- Jackson Purchase
- Kennessee
- Knoxville metropolitan area
- Middle Tennessee
- Mississippi Alluvial Plain (ecoregion)
- Mississippi Valley Loess Plains (ecoregion)
- Nashville Basin
- Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
- Southeastern Plains (ecoregion)
- TAG Corner
- West Tennessee
Regions of the Southern United States
- Appalachia
- Bible Belt
- Black Belt in the American South
- Boonslick
- Border states (American Civil War)
- Carolinas
- Cherokee Commission
- Cherokee Outlet
- Choctaw Country
- Cotton Belt
- Deep South
- Dixie
- East Coast of the United States
- East South Central states
- East Texas
- Green Country
- Gulf Coastal Plain
- Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
- Kennessee
- Little Dixie (Oklahoma)
- Mid-South (region)
- Old South
- Piedmont Atlantic megaregion
- Rice Belt
- South Atlantic states
- South Central Oklahoma
- Southeastern United States
- Stroke Belt
- Sun Belt
- Texas Hill Country
- Upland South
- Virginias
- West South Central states