Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee
Ceety
Dountoun Memphis skyline
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Nickname(s):  The River Ceety, The Bluff Ceety
Location in Shelby Coonty an the state o Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee Location in the Unitit States
Coordinates: 35°07′03″N 89°58′16″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)
• Land	816.0 km2 (315.1 sq mi)
• Water	23.2 km2 (9.0 sq mi)
Elevation	103 m (337 ft)
Population  (2011)
• 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
Aurie code(s)	901
FIPS code	47-48000
GNIS featur ID	1326388
Wabsteid	www.memphistn.gov

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. 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".

Freemit airtins

• 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 – 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)