Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee | |
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Ceety | |
![]() Dountoun Memphis skyline | |
Eik-name(s): The River Ceety, The Bluff Ceety | |
![]() Location in Shelby Coonty an the state o Tennessee | |
Coordinates: 35°07′03″N 89°58′16″W / 35.11750°N 89.97111°WCoordinates: 35°07′03″N 89°58′16″W / 35.11750°N 89.97111°W | |
Kintra | Unitit States |
State | Tennessee |
Coonty | Shelby |
Foondit | 1819 |
Incorporated | 1826 |
Named for | Memphis, Egyp |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | A C Wharton |
Area | |
• Ceety | 839.2 km2 (324.0 sq mi) |
• Laund | 816.0 km2 (315.1 sq mi) |
• Water | 23.2 km2 (9.0 sq mi) |
Elevation | 103 m (337 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Ceety | 672,567 (20t) |
• Metro | 1,316,100 |
• Demonym | Memphian |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP Codes | 37501, 37544, 38002, 38016, 38018, 38028, 38088, 38101, 38103–38109, 38111–38120, 38122, 38124–38128, 38130–38139, 38141, 38145, 38147–38148, 38150–38152, 38157, 38159, 38161, 38163, 38166–38168, 38173–38175, 38177, 38181–38182, 38184, 38186–38188, 38190, 38193–38194, 38197 |
Area code(s) | 901 |
FIPS code | 47-48000[2] |
GNIS featur ID | 1326388[3] |
Website | www |
Memphis is a ceety in the soothwastren corner o the U.S. state o Tennessee, an the coonty seat o Shelby Coonty. The ceety is locatit on the 4t Chickasaw Bluff, sooth o the confluence o the Wolf an Mississippi rivers.
Memphis haed a population of 672,277 in 2011 makin it the lairgest ceety in the state o Tennessee, the lairgest ceety on the Mississippi River, the third lairgest in the Sootheastren Unitit States, an the 20t lairgest in the Unitit States. The greater Memphis metropolitan aurie, includin adjacent coonties in Mississippi an Arkansas, haed a 2010 population o 1,316,100.[4] This maks Memphis the seicont lairgest metropolitan aurie in Tennessee, surpassed anly bi metropolitan Nashville, which haes owertaken Memphis in recent years. Memphis is the youngest o Tennessee's major ceeties. A resident o Memphis is referred tae as a Memphian, an the Memphis region is kent, particularly tae media ootlets, as "Memphis & The Mid-Sooth".
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ 2012 U.S. Census
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metro Area". U.S. Census Bureau, American FactFinder 2. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- MemphisTN.gov - Offeecial Ceety Wabsteid
- Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Memphis Chamber o Commerce
- Memphis History
- Naitional Wather Service Memphis, TN
- Memphis Daily Newspaper – The Commercial Appeal
- Memphis, Back in the Day Archived 2012-01-10 at the Wayback Machine – slideshow bi Life magazine
- Bird's ee view o the ceety o Memphis, Tennessee 1870. (Library o Congress)
- Perspective cairt o the ceety o Memphis, Tenn. 1887. (Library o Congress)
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Ceeties in Tennessee
- Coonty seats in Tennessee
- Memphis metropolitan aurie
- Planned ceeties in the Unitit States
- Populatit places established in 1819
- Populatit places in Shelby Coonty, Tennessee
- Populatit places in Tennessee wi African American majority populations
- Tennessee populatit places on the Mississippi River