We Dare You to Say These 10 Tennessee Places Correctly on Your First Try (Spoiler: You Can’t)

Posted by Jackson May 18, 2025
We Dare You to Say These 10 Tennessee Places Correctly on Your First Try (Spoiler You Can’t)

1. Paris

  • Paris is a city in Henry County, northwest Tennessee, and is the oldest incorporated town in West Tennessee. It features a 70-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower and is known for its annual World’s Biggest Fish Fry.

2. Milan

  • Pronounced “MY-lan,” Milan is the largest city in Gibson County, West Tennessee, about 100 miles northeast of Memphis and 140 miles west of Nashville. It is home to the Milan Army Ammunition Plant and the West Tennessee Agricultural Museum.

3. Linden

  • Linden is a small town and the county seat of Perry County, southwest of Nashville. It was incorporated in 1850 and named after the poem “Hohenlinden” by Thomas Campbell.

4. Soddy-Daisy

  • Soddy-Daisy is a city in Hamilton County, just north of Chattanooga, formed in 1969 by merging the communities of Soddy and Daisy. It is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan area.

5. Ducktown

  • Ducktown is a city in Polk County, southeastern Tennessee, near the Georgia border. It was established in the 1840s and is known for its mining history.

6. Sweetwater

  • Sweetwater is a city in Monroe and McMinn counties, east Tennessee, and is the most populous city in Monroe County. It is famous for the Lost Sea, the largest underground lake in the U.S..

7. Tiptonville

  • Tiptonville is a town and the county seat of Lake County, located at the very northwest tip of Tennessee, near the Mississippi River. It was established in 1857 and incorporated in 1900.

8. Hohenwald

  • Hohenwald is the county seat of Lewis County, southwest of Nashville. The name means “High Forest” in German, and it is home to The Elephant Sanctuary, the largest natural-habitat sanctuary for elephants in the U.S..

9. Dyersburg

  • Dyersburg is a city in Dyer County, far northwest Tennessee, about 79 miles northeast of Memphis on the Forked Deer River. It serves as a regional hub in the area.

10. Tellico Plains

  • Tellico Plains is a town in Monroe County, southeast Tennessee, and serves as a gateway to the Cherokee National Forest and the scenic Cherohala Skyway.

Sources:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Tennessee
  2. https://kids.kiddle.co/Milan,_Tennessee
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linden,_Tennessee
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soddy-Daisy,_Tennessee
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducktown,_Tennessee
  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetwater,_Tennessee
  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiptonville,_Tennessee