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Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the union. Tennessee is known as the "Volunteer State", a nickname it earned during the War of 1812, in which volunteer soldiers from Tennessee played a prominent role, especially during the Battle of New Orleans.
Newcomb, Campbell County, was named for Captain Newcomb, surveyor for the railroad and was in charge of the construction camp which was established there. It is located in the northwestern part of the county. Newcomb became a settlement when the railroad construction camps were located there in 1883.