Mormon members belong to stakes, districts, and branches in a temple district, like the Nashville Tennessee Temple Temple District, which grows as members join the Church

Nashville Tennessee Temple

Temple District Chronological

Congregations are organized into stakes, districts, and branches, which belong to a temple district. Following are the stakes belonging to the Nashville Tennessee Temple District listed in order of creation.
The Nashville Tennessee Temple serves members from 8 stakes based in Kentucky and Tennessee:

Nashville Tennessee StakeDecember 6, 1970
Knoxville Tennessee StakeJune 25, 1972
Hopkinsville Kentucky StakeMay 21, 1978
Franklin Tennessee StakeDecember 2, 1979
McMinnville Tennessee StakeAugust 18, 1991
Paducah Kentucky StakeOctober 20, 1996
Knoxville Tennessee Cumberland StakeNovember 17, 1996
Nashville Tennessee TempleDedicated May 21, 2000
Madison Tennessee StakeJune 10, 2007