Where is 865 area code? 

865 – Knoxville, TN

What area code is 865

The state of Tennessee is located in the south-east of the United States and is one of the so-called Southern states.

Tennessee is bordered by Missouri to the Northwest, Kentucky to the North, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia to the South, Alabama and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas to the southwest.

In 1796, Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state, but was dissolved in 1861 and joined again in 1866. Before the first accession, the area belonged to North Carolina and then to the Southwest Territory.