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id="toc-2010_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2000_census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2000_census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>2000 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2000_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Law_and_government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Law_and_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Law and government</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Law_and_government-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Law and government subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Law_and_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-School_board" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#School_board"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>School board</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-School_board-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mayors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mayors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Mayors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mayors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shelby_County_Board_of_Commissioners" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shelby_County_Board_of_Commissioners"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Shelby County Board of Commissioners</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shelby_County_Board_of_Commissioners-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shelby_County_Courthouse" 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mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Shelby County, Tennessee</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_K%C5%ABn_(Tennessee)" title="Shelby Kūn (Tennessee) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Shelby Kūn (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B8_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Шелби (окръг, Тенеси) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Шелби (окръг, Тенеси)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County,_Tennessee" title="Shelby County, Tennessee – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Shelby County, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Tennessee)" title="Shelby County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Tennessee) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Shelby County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County,_Tennessee" title="Shelby County, Tennessee – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Shelby County, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_(Tennessee)" title="Shelby County (Tennessee) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Shelby County (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_maakond_(Tennessee)" title="Shelby maakond (Tennessee) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Shelby maakond (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%A3%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9_(%CE%A4%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%AF)" title="Κομητεία Σέλμπι (Τενεσί) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Σέλμπι (Τενεσί)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Shelby_(Tennessee)" title="Condado de Shelby (Tennessee) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Shelby (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Shelby_(Tenesio)" title="Kantono Shelby (Tenesio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Shelby (Tenesio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_konderria_(Tennessee)" title="Shelby konderria (Tennessee) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Shelby konderria (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="شهرستان شلبی، تنسی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان شلبی، تنسی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Shelby_(Tennessee)" title="Comté de Shelby (Tennessee) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Shelby (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Shelby,_Tennessee" title="Contae Shelby, Tennessee – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Shelby, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A)" title="شلبی ٚ شأرستان (تنسي) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="شلبی ٚ شأرستان (تنسي)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%85%B8%EB%B9%84%EA%B5%B0_(%ED%85%8C%EB%84%A4%EC%8B%9C%EC%A3%BC)" title="셸비군 (테네시주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="셸비군 (테네시주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%87%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A2%D5%AB_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D4%B9%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%AB)" title="Շելբի շրջան (Թենեսի) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Շելբի շրջան (Թենեսի)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a 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(Tennesia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Shelby Comitatus (Tennesia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_megye_(Tennessee)" title="Shelby megye (Tennessee) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Shelby megye (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%89%D8%8C_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%89" title="مقاطعة شيلبى، تينيسى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مقاطعة شيلبى، تينيسى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C)" title="شلبی شهرستان (تنسی) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="شلبی شهرستان (تنسی)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_G%C3%B4ng_(Tennessee)" title="Shelby Gông (Tennessee) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Shelby Gông (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a 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Теннесси)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_(Tennessee)" title="Shelby County (Tennessee) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Shelby County (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A8%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C" title="شلبی کاؤنٹی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="شلبی کاؤنٹی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_(Tennessee)" title="Shelby County (Tennessee) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Shelby County (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Shelby_(Tennessee)" title="Hrabstwo Shelby (Tennessee) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Shelby (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Shelby_(Tennessee)" title="Condado de Shelby (Tennessee) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Shelby (Tennessee)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Shelby,_Tennessee" title="Comitatul Shelby, Tennessee – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Shelby, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B8_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Шелби (округ, Теннесси) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Шелби (округ, Теннесси)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_(Tennessee)" 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href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County,_Tennessee" title="Shelby County, Tennessee – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Shelby County, Tennessee" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B8_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8)" title="Шелби (округ, Теннесси) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Шелби (округ, Теннесси)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County,_Tennessee" title="Shelby County, Tennessee – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Shelby County, Tennessee" 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class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Shelby County"><img alt="Official seal of Shelby County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Shelby_County_tn_seal.png/100px-Shelby_County_tn_seal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Shelby_County_tn_seal.png/150px-Shelby_County_tn_seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Shelby_County_tn_seal.png/200px-Shelby_County_tn_seal.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Tennessee"><img alt="Map of Tennessee highlighting Shelby County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Tennessee_highlighting_Shelby_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3907" data-file-height="958" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tennessee_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tennessee's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data">Memphis</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Harris_(politician)" title="Lee Harris (politician)">Lee Harris</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">785 sq mi (2,030 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">763 sq mi (1,980 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">22 sq mi (60 km<sup>2</sup>)  2.8%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">929,744</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">910,042 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,200/sq mi (460/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional districts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 8th congressional district">8th</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 9th congressional district">9th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shelbycountytn.gov">www<wbr />.shelbycountytn<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shelby County</b> is the westernmost county in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, the population was 929,744.<sup id="cite_ref-QF_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the largest of the state's <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Tennessee" title="List of counties in Tennessee">95 counties</a>, both in terms of population and geographic area. Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a port on the Mississippi River and the second most populous city in the state. The county was named for Governor <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Shelby" title="Isaac Shelby">Isaac Shelby</a> (1750–1826) of Kentucky. It is one of only two remaining counties in Tennessee with a majority <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African American</a> population, along with <a href="/wiki/Haywood_County,_Tennessee" title="Haywood County, Tennessee">Haywood County</a>. Shelby County is part of the Memphis, TN–<a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">MS</a>–<a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">AR</a> <a href="/wiki/Memphis_metropolitan_area" title="Memphis metropolitan area">Metropolitan Statistical Area</a>. It is bordered on the west by the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a>. Located within the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Delta" title="Mississippi Delta">Mississippi Delta</a>, the county was developed as a center of cotton plantations in the antebellum era, and cotton continued as an important commodity crop well into the 20th century. The economy has become more diversified. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Shelby_County,_Tennessee" title="Special:EditPage/Shelby County, Tennessee">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This area along the Mississippi River valley was long occupied by varying cultures of indigenous peoples. In historic times, the <a href="/wiki/Chickasaw" title="Chickasaw">Chickasaw</a> controlled much of this area. They are believed to be descendants of the important <a href="/wiki/Mississippian_culture" title="Mississippian culture">Mississippian culture</a>, which established fortified and complex cities.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The largest of these was <a href="/wiki/Cahokia" title="Cahokia">Cahokia</a>, which was active from about 950CE into the 15th century. It was developed on the east side of the Mississippi in present-day southern Illinois, roughly on the same latitude as present-day St. Louis, Missouri.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Shelby County area was part of the lands acquired by the United States government from the <a href="/wiki/Chickasaw" title="Chickasaw">Chickasaw</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Purchase_(U.S._historical_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jackson Purchase (U.S. historical region)">Jackson Purchase of 1818</a>. Shelby County was established by European-American migrants in 1819 and named for <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Shelby" title="Isaac Shelby">Isaac Shelby</a>, the former governor of Kentucky who had helped negotiate the land acquisition.<sup id="cite_ref-tehc_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1827 to 1868, the county seat was located in then called <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Raleigh, Tennessee">Raleigh, Tennessee</a> (now part of Memphis), on the <a href="/wiki/Wolf_River_(Tennessee)" title="Wolf River (Tennessee)">Wolf River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the American Civil War, in recognition of the growth of <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a> and its importance to the state economy, the seat was moved there. (Raleigh has now been absorbed within the city limits of Memphis.)<sup id="cite_ref-tehc_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tehc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The lowlands in the Mississippi Delta, closest to the Mississippi River, were developed before the war for large cotton plantations; their laborers were overwhelmingly enslaved African Americans, whom planters transported from the east or purchased in the domestic <a href="/wiki/History_of_slavery" title="History of slavery">slave trade</a>. Well before the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, the population of the county was majority black, most of whom were slaves.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Memphis developed as a major cotton market, with many brokers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> After the war and emancipation, many <a href="/wiki/Freedmen" class="mw-redirect" title="Freedmen">freedmen</a> stayed on these lands by working as <a href="/wiki/Sharecroppers" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharecroppers">sharecroppers</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Tennessee continued to have competitive politics after the freedmen were enfranchised. The eastern part of the state retained its Unionist leanings and supported the Republican Party. Blacks in the west also supported the Republican Party. Most conservative whites supported the Democrats. From 1877 to 1950, there were 20 <a href="/wiki/Lynchings_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynchings in the United States">lynchings of blacks</a> by whites in Shelby County, the highest number of any county in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-supp_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-supp-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most blacks were <a href="/wiki/Disfranchisement_after_Reconstruction_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era">disenfranchised</a> around the turn of the century when the state passed laws raising barriers to voter registration; the legislature also imposed <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crow" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Crow">Jim Crow</a> laws, including racial segregation of public facilities. Blacks were mostly closed out of the political system for more than six decades. In the 20th century, mechanization of agriculture reduced the need for farm workers at a time when industries and railroads in the North were recruiting workers. The <a href="/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)" title="Great Migration (African American)">Great Migration</a> resulted in many African Americans moving from rural areas into Memphis or out of state to northern cities for work and social and political opportunities. </p><p>After World War II, highways were constructed that led to development of much new housing on the outskirts of Memphis where land was cheap. Suburbanization, with retail businesses following new residents, took place in the county, drawing population out of the city.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> With continued residential and suburban development, the population of the metropolitan area became majority white. Six towns in the county have become incorporated; other communities are unincorporated. Residents enjoy many parks in the area as well as attractions in the city of Memphis.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 785 square miles (2,030 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 763 square miles (1,980 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 22 square miles (57 km<sup>2</sup>) (2.8%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the largest county in Tennessee by area. The <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_elevation" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. states by elevation">lowest point</a> in the state of Tennessee is located on the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> in Shelby County (just outside the <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a> city limits), where the river flows out of Tennessee and into <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivers">Rivers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rivers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Loosahatchie_River" title="Loosahatchie River">Loosahatchie River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nonconnah_Creek" title="Nonconnah Creek">Nonconnah Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolf_River_(Tennessee)" title="Wolf River (Tennessee)">Wolf River</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tipton_County,_Tennessee" title="Tipton County, Tennessee">Tipton County</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Tennessee" title="Fayette County, Tennessee">Fayette County</a> (east)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Mississippi" title="Marshall County, Mississippi">Marshall County, Mississippi</a> (southeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeSoto_County,_Mississippi" title="DeSoto County, Mississippi">DeSoto County, Mississippi</a> (south)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crittenden_County,_Arkansas" title="Crittenden County, Arkansas">Crittenden County, Arkansas</a> (west)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>364</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>5,648</td><td></td><td>1,451.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>14,721</td><td></td><td>160.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>31,157</td><td></td><td>111.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>48,092</td><td></td><td>54.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>76,378</td><td></td><td>58.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>78,430</td><td></td><td>2.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>112,740</td><td></td><td>43.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>153,557</td><td></td><td>36.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>191,439</td><td></td><td>24.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>223,216</td><td></td><td>16.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>306,482</td><td></td><td>37.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>358,250</td><td></td><td>16.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>482,393</td><td></td><td>34.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>627,019</td><td></td><td>30.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>722,014</td><td></td><td>15.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>777,113</td><td></td><td>7.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>826,330</td><td></td><td>6.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>897,472</td><td></td><td>8.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>927,644</td><td></td><td>3.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>929,744</td><td></td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">910,042</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2023_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2023-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>−2.1%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2014<sup id="cite_ref-QF_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_Shelby_County,_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/USA_Shelby_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg/150px-USA_Shelby_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/USA_Shelby_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg/225px-USA_Shelby_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/USA_Shelby_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg/300px-USA_Shelby_County%2C_Tennessee.csv_age_pyramid.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Population pyramid Shelby County<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Shelby County, Tennessee – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-2000CensusP004_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>414,888 </td> <td>359,106 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">316,740 </td> <td>46.23% </td> <td>38.71% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">34.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>434,201 </td> <td>481,434 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">475,074 </td> <td>48.38% </td> <td>51.90% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">51.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>1,538 </td> <td>1,804 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1,561 </td> <td>0.17% </td> <td>0.19% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>14,552 </td> <td>21,245 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">27,960 </td> <td>1.62% </td> <td>2.29% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">3.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>248 </td> <td>274 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">256 </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Other race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>946 </td> <td>1,097 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">3,614 </td> <td>0.11% </td> <td>0.12% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.39% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed race or Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>7,735 </td> <td>10,595 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">26,832 </td> <td>0.86% </td> <td>1.14% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">2.89% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>23,364 </td> <td>52,092 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">77,707 </td> <td>2.60% </td> <td>5.62% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">8.36% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>897,472</b> </td> <td><b>927,644</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>929,744</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 929,744 people, 353,950 households, and 215,446 families residing in the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 United States Census</a>, there were 927,644 people living in the county. 52.1% were <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">Black or African American</a>, 40.6% <a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White</a>, 2.3% <a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a>, 3.3% of some other race and 1.4 <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiracial American">of two or more races</a>. 5.6% were <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (of any race). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR8_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 897,472 people, 338,366 households, and 228,735 families living in the county. The population density was 1,189 inhabitants per square mile (459/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 362,954 housing units at an average density of 481 per square mile (186/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 48.56% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 47.34% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 0.20% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 1.64% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.04% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 1.20% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.02% from two or more races. 2.60% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. </p><p>There were 338,366 households, out of which 34.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.80% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 20.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.40% were non-families. 27.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.18. </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 28.20% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 31.10% from 25 to 44, 21.00% from 45 to 64, and 10.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 91.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.80 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $39,593, and the median income for a family was $47,386. Males had a median income of $36,932 versus $26,776 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $20,856. About 12.90% of families and 16.00% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 22.90% of those under age 18 and 13.30% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_and_government">Law and government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Law and government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first county government was established as a quarterly court in 1820. During Reconstruction following the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, Governor <a href="/wiki/William_G._Brownlow" class="mw-redirect" title="William G. Brownlow">William G. Brownlow</a> appointed a five-member commission to govern the county. When the state drafted a new constitution in 1870, it required county officials to be elected by the people or the Quarterly Court. By 1910 the Shelby County Quarterly Court had 50 members, making it inefficient; some prominent people complained it was "too democratic." </p><p><a href="/wiki/E._H._Crump" title="E. H. Crump">E. H. Crump</a>, the political boss of Memphis who was also influential in the county and state, gained a 1911 legislative act creating a three-member executive commission for the Shelby County Commission, which could override the court on all issues except setting property taxes, which was protected by the state constitution. He also had the number of districts reduced to nineteen and then seven.<sup id="cite_ref-hist_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Crump's death in 1954, the executive commission of the county was abolished.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1964, the US Supreme Court ruled in <i><a href="/wiki/Baker_v._Carr" title="Baker v. Carr">Baker v. Carr</a></i> that legislative districts had to be apportioned by population under the <a href="/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause" title="Equal Protection Clause">Equal Protection Clause</a>, a principle known as <a href="/wiki/One_man,_one_vote" title="One man, one vote">one man, one vote</a>. This change was incorporated in Shelby County, which had been biased toward geographic representation. In 1965, there were nine districts established, of roughly equal population, to elect members to the Quarterly Court.<sup id="cite_ref-hist_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These have been redistricted as needed based on decennial census population changes. </p><p>In 1975, the people voted to ratify the Shelby County Restructure Act, creating a single elected executive, with the title of mayor, and an eleven-member legislative body (now called the County Commission). The commission has been expanded to thirteen members. The mayor is elected at-large and all the county commissioners are elected from 13 districts.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The members of the county commission serve four-year terms. </p><p>Other elected officials in Shelby County include the <a href="/wiki/Shelby_County_Sheriff%27s_Office_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby County Sheriff's Office (Tennessee)">sheriff</a>, the chief law enforcement officer; trustee, chief tax collector, and assessor, the chief property appraiser.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The government has an annual budget of $1.1 billion and 6,000 employees. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_board">School board</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: School board"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until 1996, the Shelby County Commission appointed members to the <a href="/wiki/Shelby_County_Schools_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby County Schools (Tennessee)">Shelby County School Board</a>. This system was changed to comply with interpretation by the state that its constitution required that county officials, including school board members, should be elected by all residents of the county, and provisions of the state Education Improvement Act. In 1996 under what was known as Plan C, the Shelby County Commission established seven single-member special election districts for election of county school board members by all residents of the county. This was challenged in the case known as <i>Board of County Commissioners of Shelby County Tennessee v. Burson</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-burson_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burson-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shelby County and its Board of Commissioners as plaintiffs, joined by mayors of the six suburban municipalities, filed suit in 1996 against Plan C, arguing that their rights were violated under the "one person, one vote" principle embodied in the <a href="/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause" title="Equal Protection Clause">Equal Protection Clause</a> of the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution, as their vote would be diluted. Although Memphis City had its own school system, the Memphis population made up 74.8% of the county's population in the 1990 census, so its representatives would dominate an elected county school board, with six of seven positions. Thus Memphis representatives would dominate a system intended to serve only county residents and students who lived outside the city.<sup id="cite_ref-burson_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burson-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The US district court found in this case: </p> <ul><li>the City of Memphis did not provide significant financial support to the Shelby County School District, and received money from the county;</li> <li>the overwhelming voting power of the out-of-district Memphis residents virtually guaranteed that out-of-district residents would control the Shelby County Board of Education; </li> <li>the number of actual crossover students was minimal, and the potential for additional crossovers was severely limited by a longstanding desegregation order; and</li> <li>there were, at most, a few relatively minor joint programs between the districts. Accordingly, the district court concluded that the county-wide election of local school board members under Plan C was unconstitutional as applied in Shelby County and enjoined its implementation."<sup id="cite_ref-burson_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burson-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lower court noted that in a similar case of <i>Duncan</i> (1995), it had held that "the relevant geopolitical entity for purposes of the "one person, one vote" analysis in cases such as this is the school district, not the entire county."<sup id="cite_ref-burson_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burson-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When appealed, the lower court's decision was upheld, saying the "Constitution prevented the State of Tennessee from including Memphis voters in the electorate for the Shelby County Board of Education."<sup id="cite_ref-burson_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burson-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>As a result, the County Commissioners established seven single-member special election districts in the county outside the limits of Memphis, for the purpose of electing school board members to the Shelby County School Board. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mayors">Mayors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Mayors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shelby County's first elected mayor was Roy Nixon, who served from 1976 to 1978. The current Shelby County mayor is <a href="/wiki/Lee_Harris_(politician)" title="Lee Harris (politician)">Lee Harris</a>, who was elected in 2018 after having served as the minority leader of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Senate" title="Tennessee Senate">Tennessee Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>List of mayors of Shelby County </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Term in office </th> <th>Party affiliation </th> <th>Previous office </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Harris_(politician)" title="Lee Harris (politician)">Lee Harris</a> </td> <td>2018–present </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>Minority Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Senate" title="Tennessee Senate">Tennessee Senate</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mark Luttrell </td> <td>2010–2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>Shelby County Sheriff </td></tr> <tr> <td>Joe Ford </td> <td>2009–2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>Shelby County Commission Chair </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/A_C_Wharton" title="A C Wharton">A C Wharton</a> </td> <td>2002–2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>Chief Shelby County Public Defender </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jim Rout </td> <td>1994–2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td>Shelby County Sheriff </td></tr> <tr> <td>William N. (Bill) Morris </td> <td>1978–1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td>Shelby County Sheriff </td></tr> <tr> <td>Roy Nixon </td> <td>1976–1978 </td> <td> </td> <td>Shelby County Sheriff<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Notes</b>: </p> <ol><li>Joe Ford served as interim mayor after A C Wharton's election as Mayor of Memphis in 2009.</li> <li>A C Wharton later served as Mayor of Memphis from 2009 to 2015.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shelby_County_Board_of_Commissioners">Shelby County Board of Commissioners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Shelby County Board of Commissioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>District 1: Amber Mills</li> <li>District 2: David C. Bradford, Jr</li> <li>District 3: Mick Wright</li> <li>District 4: Brandon Morrison</li> <li>District 5: Shante K. Avant</li> <li>District 6: Charlie Caswell, Jr.</li> <li>District 7: Henri E. Brooks</li> <li>District 8: Mickell M. Lowery</li> <li>District 9: Edmund Ford, Jr.</li> <li>District 10: Britney Thornton</li> <li>District 11: Miska Clay Bibbs</li> <li>District 12: Erika Sugarmon</li> <li>District 13: Michael Whaley</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shelby_County_Courthouse">Shelby County Courthouse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Shelby County Courthouse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Shelby County Courthouse, in Memphis on Adams Avenue between North 2nd and North 3rd streets, was designed by <a href="/wiki/James_Gamble_Rogers" title="James Gamble Rogers">James Gamble Rogers</a> and completed in 1909. This <a href="/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture">neoclassical</a> pile features a long portico topped by a cornice supported by massive <a href="/wiki/Ionic_column" class="mw-redirect" title="Ionic column">Ionic columns</a>. The ambitious <a href="/wiki/Architectural_sculpture" title="Architectural sculpture">sculptural</a> program designed by <a href="/wiki/J._Massey_Rhind" title="J. Massey Rhind">J. Massey Rhind</a> includes the pediment groups, <i><a href="/wiki/Canon_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon Law">Canon Law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Law">Roman Law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Statutory_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Statutory Law">Statutory Law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_law_(common_law)" title="Civil law (common law)">Civil Law</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Criminal_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal Law">Criminal Law</a></i>. Female allegorical figures can be found on the north facade cornice representing <i>Integrity, Courage, Mercy, Temperance, Prudence</i> and <i>Learning.</i> Flanking the main entrances are over-life-sized seated figures embodying <i>Wisdom, Justice, Liberty, Authority, Peace</i> and <i>Prosperity.</i> </p><p>It is by far the state's largest courthouse. The courthouse was featured in the movie <a href="/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_(film)" title="The Silence of the Lambs (film)"><i>The Silence of the Lambs</i></a> as the place where <a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Lecter" title="Hannibal Lecter">Dr. Hannibal Lecter</a> was held and escapes custody. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 81.333333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 79.333333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JMR-Memphis1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Justice"><img alt="Justice" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/JMR-Memphis1.jpg/119px-JMR-Memphis1.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/JMR-Memphis1.jpg/179px-JMR-Memphis1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/JMR-Memphis1.jpg/239px-JMR-Memphis1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="675" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Justice</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 82px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 80px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JMR-Memphis4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Authority"><img alt="Authority" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/JMR-Memphis4.jpg/120px-JMR-Memphis4.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/JMR-Memphis4.jpg/180px-JMR-Memphis4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/JMR-Memphis4.jpg/240px-JMR-Memphis4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="675" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Authority</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 81.333333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 79.333333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JMRMemphis11.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wisdom"><img alt="Wisdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/JMRMemphis11.jpg/119px-JMRMemphis11.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/JMRMemphis11.jpg/179px-JMRMemphis11.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/JMRMemphis11.jpg/239px-JMRMemphis11.jpg 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="675" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Wisdom</div> </li> </ul> <p>The courthouse is included in the <a href="/wiki/Adams_Avenue_Historic_District" title="Adams Avenue Historic District">Adams Avenue Historic District</a>, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<sup id="cite_ref-nrhpdoc-Adams_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nrhpdoc-Adams-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the mid-to-late twentieth century, Shelby County was competitive, voting for the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> candidate six times and the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> candidate five times between 1952 and 1992. In the twenty-first century, the county has become reliably Democratic, due mainly to the influence of Memphis and being majority African American. <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> twice won the county with more than 60 percent of the vote. In <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2024 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2024</a>, the county was carried by the Democratic nominee <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a>, who won 61.8 percent of the vote to <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s 36.4 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-leip_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leip-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Democratic strength is concentrated in Memphis itself, while the eastern suburbs are some of the most Republican areas in Tennessee and the South. In <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Presidential_Election" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Presidential Election">2020</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> received 64.42% of the vote, which has been the highest share for a Democrat since <a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_Presidential_Election" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 United States Presidential Election">1944</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-leip_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leip-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Shelby County, Tennessee<sup id="cite_ref-leip_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leip-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2024 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">118,847 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.42% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">201,634 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>61.79%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5,820 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.78% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2020 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">129,815 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.98% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">246,105 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.42%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6,135 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.61% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2016 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">116,344 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.48% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">208,992 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>61.95%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12,047 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">135,649 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.50% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">232,443 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.55%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,524 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">145,458 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.96% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">256,297 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>63.35%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,800 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2004 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">158,137 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.91% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">216,945 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>57.50%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,200 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.58% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="2000 United States presidential election in Tennessee">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">141,756 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.09% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">190,404 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.54%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,595 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.36% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1996 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">136,315 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.77% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">179,663 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.05%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10,402 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1992 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">153,310 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.88% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">191,322 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.26%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">21,478 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.87% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1988 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">157,457 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.96%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">149,759 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.47% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,772 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1984 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">169,717 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.32%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">165,947 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.20% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,638 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1980 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">140,157 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.43% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">159,240 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.61%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9,120 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1976 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">128,646 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.01% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">147,893 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.89%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,062 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1972 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">161,922 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>65.32%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">81,089 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.71% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,871 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.97% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1968 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">73,416 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31.66% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">81,486 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>35.14%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">76,996 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">33.20% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1964 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">100,527 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.41% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">111,496 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.59%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1960 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">87,191 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.37%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">86,270 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.85% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,146 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.78% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1956 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">65,690 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48.65%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">62,051 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.96% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7,284 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.39% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1952 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">65,170 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.53% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">71,779 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.36%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">150 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FF7F00"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">14,566 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">22.35% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23,854 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.60% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">26,756 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>41.05%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1944 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,839 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18.20% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48,625 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>81.66%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">80 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1940 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,312 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11.24% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">57,664 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>88.61%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">98 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1936 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,113 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3.32% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">61,504 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>96.56%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">81 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1932 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,332 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">14.01% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38,320 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>84.76%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">557 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.23% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1928 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,969 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.78% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">18,040 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.95%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">81 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.27% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1924 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,369 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">31.95% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">13,696 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.37%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,002 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">8.68% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1920 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,597 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.61% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">15,986 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.35%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">260 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1916 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,515 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28.79% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10,967 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.92%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">202 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1912 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">589 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5.61% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,732 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>64.11%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,179 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">30.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1908 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,069 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28.53% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,411 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>68.90%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">276 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,563 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">22.32% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">8,686 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>75.64%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">234 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1900 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,961 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.98% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,143 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.50%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">125 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1896 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,122 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.70% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,830 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.01%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">257 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1892 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,110 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">14.37% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,307 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>81.67%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">306 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1888 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1888</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,277 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.83% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11,932 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>58.86%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">64 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1884 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1884</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,165 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.54%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,626 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.38% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">13 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_Tennessee" title="1880 United States presidential election in Tennessee">1880</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,788 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.99%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,927 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.24% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">264 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.76% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shelby County is home to fourteen institutions of higher learning and satellite campuses of institutions whose main campus is in another county. </p><p>Memphis is home to <a href="/wiki/Baptist_College_of_Health_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist College of Health Sciences">Baptist College of Health Sciences</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Brothers_University" title="Christian Brothers University">Christian Brothers University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Embry%E2%80%93Riddle_Aeronautical_University,_Worldwide" class="mw-redirect" title="Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide">Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide</a> (Memphis Campus),<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Harding_School_of_Theology" title="Harding School of Theology">Harding School of Theology</a>, <a href="/wiki/LeMoyne%E2%80%93Owen_College" title="LeMoyne–Owen College">LeMoyne–Owen College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Memphis_College_of_Art" title="Memphis College of Art">Memphis College of Art</a>, <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Theological_Seminary" title="Memphis Theological Seminary">Memphis Theological Seminary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhodes_College" title="Rhodes College">Rhodes College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_College_of_Optometry" title="Southern College of Optometry">Southern College of Optometry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Tennessee_Community_College" title="Southwest Tennessee Community College">Southwest Tennessee Community College</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_Health_Science_Center" title="University of Tennessee Health Science Center">University of Tennessee Health Science Center</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Memphis" title="University of Memphis">University of Memphis</a>. </p><p>Cordova is home to <a href="/wiki/Mid-America_Baptist_Theological_Seminary" title="Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary">Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary</a>. Germantown is home to a satellite campus of <a href="/wiki/Union_University" title="Union University">Union University</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_and_secondary_education">Primary and secondary education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Primary and secondary education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County_Schools_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby County Schools (Tennessee)">Shelby County Schools</a> (SCS) is a school district serving all of Memphis and most unincorporated areas.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Suburban school districts: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_Community_Schools" title="Arlington Community Schools">Arlington Community Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartlett_City_Schools" title="Bartlett City Schools">Bartlett City Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collierville_Schools" title="Collierville Schools">Collierville Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germantown_Municipal_Schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Germantown Municipal Schools">Germantown Municipal Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeland_School_System" title="Lakeland School System">Lakeland School System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millington_Municipal_Schools" title="Millington Municipal Schools">Millington Municipal Schools</a></li></ul> <p>Shelby County Schools was previously a school district that operated almost all public schools in non-Memphis areas of Shelby County, Tennessee,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until the end of the 2012–2013 school year; almost all areas in Shelby County that were outside the city of Memphis were zoned to schools operated by SCS. Schools in Memphis were operated by <a href="/wiki/Memphis_City_Schools" title="Memphis City Schools">Memphis City Schools</a>. On June 30, 2013, Memphis city and Shelby County schools consolidated, forming a unified county school system (still called Shelby County Schools), this lasted one year. </p><p>In 2014, the incorporated suburbs of Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland, and Millington (other than Memphis) broke away from the Unified System and formed their own municipal districts. Their residents had previously voted in favor of creating municipal school districts, and all voted to pass the related sales tax hike except for Millington, which narrowly rejected the sales tax hike by three votes.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 27, 2012, U.S. district court Judge <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Mays" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Mays">Samuel Mays</a> voided this vote since the state law passed at the time applied only to a specific area (which is unconstitutional). The Tennessee state legislature passed the law again, to include all of the state. All six suburbs voted again for the municipal districts and started classes on August 4, 2014. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Transportation in Memphis, Tennessee">Transportation in Memphis, Tennessee</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_transit">Local transit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Local transit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Public transportation is provided by the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Area_Transit_Authority" title="Memphis Area Transit Authority">Memphis Area Transit Authority</a>, also known as MATA for short. In addition to <a href="/wiki/List_of_MATA_Bus_Routes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of MATA Bus Routes">MATA buses</a>, the MATA operates the <a href="/wiki/MATA_Trolley" title="MATA Trolley">MATA Trolley</a>. The city also has a <a href="/wiki/Suspension_railway" title="Suspension railway">suspended monorail</a> known as the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Suspension_Railway" title="Memphis Suspension Railway">Memphis Suspension Railway</a> connecting the city to <a href="/wiki/Mud_Island,_Memphis" title="Mud Island, Memphis">Mud Island</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Intercity_transit">Intercity transit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Intercity transit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/City_of_New_Orleans_(train)" title="City of New Orleans (train)">City of New Orleans</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_Bus_Lines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Delta Bus Lines (page does not exist)">Delta Bus Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flixbus" class="mw-redirect" title="Flixbus">Flixbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greyhound_Lines" title="Greyhound Lines">Greyhound Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Lines" title="Jefferson Lines">Jefferson Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megabus_(North_America)" title="Megabus (North America)">Megabus</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roadways">Roadways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Roadways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/I-240.svg/30px-I-240.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/I-240.svg/45px-I-240.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/I-240.svg/60px-I-240.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_240_(Tennessee)" title="Interstate 240 (Tennessee)">I-240</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/I-269.svg/30px-I-269.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/I-269.svg/45px-I-269.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/I-269.svg/60px-I-269.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_269_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 269 (Tennessee)">I-269</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/US_51.svg/24px-US_51.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/US_51.svg/36px-US_51.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/US_51.svg/48px-US_51.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_51_in_Tennessee" title="U.S. Route 51 in Tennessee">US 51</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/US_61.svg/24px-US_61.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/US_61.svg/36px-US_61.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/US_61.svg/48px-US_61.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_61_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 61 in Tennessee">US 61</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/US_64.svg/24px-US_64.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/US_64.svg/36px-US_64.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/US_64.svg/48px-US_64.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_64_in_Tennessee" title="U.S. Route 64 in Tennessee">US 64</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/US_70.svg/24px-US_70.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/US_78.svg/24px-US_78.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/US_78.svg/36px-US_78.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/US_78.svg/48px-US_78.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_78_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 78 in Tennessee">US 78</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US_79.svg/24px-US_79.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US_79.svg/36px-US_79.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US_79.svg/48px-US_79.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_79_in_Tennessee" title="U.S. Route 79 in Tennessee">US 79</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Tennessee_1.svg/30px-Tennessee_1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Tennessee_1.svg/45px-Tennessee_1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Tennessee_1.svg/60px-Tennessee_1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_1" title="Tennessee State Route 1">SR 1</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Tennessee_3.svg/30px-Tennessee_3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Tennessee_14.svg/30px-Tennessee_14.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Tennessee_14.svg/45px-Tennessee_14.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Tennessee_14.svg/60px-Tennessee_14.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_14" title="Tennessee State Route 14">SR 14</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Tennessee_15.svg/30px-Tennessee_15.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Tennessee_15.svg/45px-Tennessee_15.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Tennessee_15.svg/60px-Tennessee_15.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_15" title="Tennessee State Route 15">SR 15</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Tennessee_23.svg/30px-Tennessee_23.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Tennessee_23.svg/45px-Tennessee_23.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Tennessee_23.svg/60px-Tennessee_23.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Secondary_Tennessee_23.svg/24px-Secondary_Tennessee_23.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Secondary_Tennessee_23.svg/36px-Secondary_Tennessee_23.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Secondary_Tennessee_23.svg/48px-Secondary_Tennessee_23.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_23" title="Tennessee State Route 23">SR 23</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Tennessee_86.svg/30px-Tennessee_86.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Tennessee_86.svg/45px-Tennessee_86.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Tennessee_86.svg/60px-Tennessee_86.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_86" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee State Route 86">SR 86</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Secondary_Tennessee_175.svg/30px-Secondary_Tennessee_175.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Secondary_Tennessee_175.svg/45px-Secondary_Tennessee_175.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Secondary_Tennessee_175.svg/60px-Secondary_Tennessee_175.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_175" title="Tennessee State Route 175">SR 175</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Secondary_Tennessee_176.svg/30px-Secondary_Tennessee_176.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Secondary_Tennessee_176.svg/45px-Secondary_Tennessee_176.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Secondary_Tennessee_176.svg/60px-Secondary_Tennessee_176.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_176" title="Tennessee State Route 176">SR 176</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Secondary_Tennessee_177.svg/30px-Secondary_Tennessee_177.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Secondary_Tennessee_177.svg/45px-Secondary_Tennessee_177.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Secondary_Tennessee_177.svg/60px-Secondary_Tennessee_177.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_177" title="Tennessee State Route 177">SR 177</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Secondary_Tennessee_193.svg/30px-Secondary_Tennessee_193.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Secondary_Tennessee_193.svg/45px-Secondary_Tennessee_193.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Secondary_Tennessee_193.svg/60px-Secondary_Tennessee_193.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_193" title="Tennessee State Route 193">SR 193</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Secondary_Tennessee_204.svg/30px-Secondary_Tennessee_204.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Secondary_Tennessee_204.svg/45px-Secondary_Tennessee_204.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Secondary_Tennessee_204.svg/60px-Secondary_Tennessee_204.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_204" title="Tennessee State Route 204">SR 204</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Secondary_Tennessee_205.svg/30px-Secondary_Tennessee_205.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Secondary_Tennessee_205.svg/45px-Secondary_Tennessee_205.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Secondary_Tennessee_205.svg/60px-Secondary_Tennessee_205.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_205" title="Tennessee State Route 205">SR 205</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Secondary_Tennessee_277.svg/30px-Secondary_Tennessee_277.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Secondary_Tennessee_277.svg/45px-Secondary_Tennessee_277.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Secondary_Tennessee_277.svg/60px-Secondary_Tennessee_277.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_277" title="Tennessee State Route 277">SR 277</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Secondary_Tennessee_278.svg/30px-Secondary_Tennessee_278.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Secondary_Tennessee_278.svg/45px-Secondary_Tennessee_278.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Secondary_Tennessee_278.svg/60px-Secondary_Tennessee_278.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_278" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee State Route 278">SR 278</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Tennessee_300.svg/30px-Tennessee_300.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Tennessee_300.svg/45px-Tennessee_300.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Tennessee_300.svg/60px-Tennessee_300.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_300" title="Tennessee State Route 300">SR 300</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Tennessee_385.svg/30px-Tennessee_385.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Tennessee_385.svg/45px-Tennessee_385.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Tennessee_385.svg/60px-Tennessee_385.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_385" title="Tennessee State Route 385">SR 385</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Secondary_Tennessee_388.svg/30px-Secondary_Tennessee_388.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Secondary_Tennessee_388.svg/45px-Secondary_Tennessee_388.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Secondary_Tennessee_388.svg/60px-Secondary_Tennessee_388.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Route_388" title="Tennessee State Route 388">SR 388</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Cooper_Boulevard" title="Sam Cooper Boulevard">Sam Cooper Boulevard</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_travel">Air travel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Air travel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shelby County is the site of <a href="/wiki/Memphis_International_Airport" title="Memphis International Airport">Memphis International Airport</a>, located 3 miles (5 km) south of the center of Memphis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recreation">Recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meeman-Shelby_Forest_State_Park_Shelby_County_TN_2013-06-02_003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Meeman-Shelby_Forest_State_Park_Shelby_County_TN_2013-06-02_003.jpg/210px-Meeman-Shelby_Forest_State_Park_Shelby_County_TN_2013-06-02_003.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Meeman-Shelby_Forest_State_Park_Shelby_County_TN_2013-06-02_003.jpg/315px-Meeman-Shelby_Forest_State_Park_Shelby_County_TN_2013-06-02_003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Meeman-Shelby_Forest_State_Park_Shelby_County_TN_2013-06-02_003.jpg/420px-Meeman-Shelby_Forest_State_Park_Shelby_County_TN_2013-06-02_003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parks">Parks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>Eagle Lake Refuge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._O._Fuller_State_Park" title="T. O. Fuller State Park">T. O. Fuller State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lichterman_Nature_Center" title="Lichterman Nature Center">Lichterman Nature Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meeman-Shelby_Forest_State_Park" title="Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park">Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memphis_Parks_and_Recreation_Centers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Memphis Parks and Recreation Centers (page does not exist)">Memphis Parks and Recreation Centers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overton_Park" title="Overton Park">Overton Park</a></li> <li>Piperton Wetland Complex (part)</li> <li>President's Island Wildlife Management Area</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Farms" title="Shelby Farms">Shelby Farms</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attractions">Attractions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beale_Street" title="Beale Street">Beale Street</a>, downtown Memphis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chucalissa_Indian_Village" class="mw-redirect" title="Chucalissa Indian Village">Chucalissa Indian Village</a>, ancient Native American site</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_Guitar" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibson Guitar">Gibson Guitar</a> factory tour</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graceland" title="Graceland">Graceland</a>, former home of <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indie_Memphis" title="Indie Memphis">Indie Memphis</a>, film festival</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Botanic_Garden" title="Memphis Botanic Garden">Memphis Botanic Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_in_May" title="Memphis in May">Memphis in May</a>, month-long festival</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_International_Raceway" title="Memphis International Raceway">Memphis International Raceway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Zoo" title="Memphis Zoo">Memphis Zoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mud_Island,_Memphis" title="Mud Island, Memphis">Mud Island</a>, Memphis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Civil_Rights_Museum" title="National Civil Rights Museum">National Civil Rights Museum</a>, Memphis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orpheum_Theatre_(Memphis,_Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orpheum Theatre (Memphis, Tennessee)">Orpheum Theatre</a>, Memphis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pink_Palace_Museum_and_Planetarium" title="Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium">Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium</a>, Memphis</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a>, NBA basketball team</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Redbirds" title="Memphis Redbirds">Memphis Redbirds</a>, Triple-A minor league baseball team</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_901_FC" title="Memphis 901 FC">Memphis 901 FC</a>, USL Championship League soccer team established in 2018.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Showboats" title="Memphis Showboats">Memphis Showboats</a>, USFL football team</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Shelby_County,_Tennessee.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Map_of_Shelby_County%2C_Tennessee.svg/400px-Map_of_Shelby_County%2C_Tennessee.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Map_of_Shelby_County%2C_Tennessee.svg/600px-Map_of_Shelby_County%2C_Tennessee.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Map_of_Shelby_County%2C_Tennessee.svg/800px-Map_of_Shelby_County%2C_Tennessee.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="564" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Numbers refer to the map at right. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bartlett,_Tennessee" title="Bartlett, Tennessee">Bartlett</a> – 2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Tennessee" title="Germantown, Tennessee">Germantown</a> – 6</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeland,_Tennessee" title="Lakeland, Tennessee">Lakeland</a> – 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a> (county seat) – 5</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millington,_Tennessee" title="Millington, Tennessee">Millington</a> – 1</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towns">Towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Tennessee" title="Arlington, Tennessee">Arlington</a> – 4</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collierville,_Tennessee" title="Collierville, Tennessee">Collierville</a> – 7</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barretville,_Tennessee" title="Barretville, Tennessee">Barretville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjestown,_Tennessee" title="Benjestown, Tennessee">Benjestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick,_Tennessee" title="Brunswick, Tennessee">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cordova,_Tennessee" title="Cordova, Tennessee">Cordova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eads,_Tennessee" title="Eads, Tennessee">Eads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egypt,_Tennessee" title="Egypt, Tennessee">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellendale,_Tennessee" title="Ellendale, Tennessee">Ellendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisherville,_Tennessee" title="Fisherville, Tennessee">Fisherville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerrville,_Tennessee" title="Kerrville, Tennessee">Kerrville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenow,_Tennessee" title="Lenow, Tennessee">Lenow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northaven,_Memphis" class="mw-redirect" title="Northaven, Memphis">Northaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemark,_Tennessee" title="Rosemark, Tennessee">Rosemark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Forest,_Tennessee" title="Shelby Forest, Tennessee">Shelby Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehaven,_Memphis" title="Whitehaven, Memphis">Whitehaven</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2013</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="List of people from Memphis, Tennessee">List of people from Memphis, Tennessee</a></div> <ul><li>James Mortimer Crews, <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> veteran and brother of <a href="/wiki/C.C._Crews" title="C.C. Crews">C.C. Crews</a>.</li> <li>Since 2010 country singer <a href="/wiki/Bobbie_Gentry" title="Bobbie Gentry">Bobbie Gentry</a> has lived privately in the community.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yo_Gotti" title="Yo Gotti">Yo Gotti</a>, American hip-hop artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/8Ball_%26_MJG" title="8Ball & MJG">8ball & MJG</a>, American hip-hop artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Dolph" title="Young Dolph">Young Dolph</a>, American hip-hop artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_6_Mafia" title="Three 6 Mafia">Three 6 Mafia</a>, American hip-hop Grammy award-winning group</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Shelby_County,_Tennessee" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Tennessee">National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davies_Manor" title="Davies Manor">Davies Manor</a>, oldest home in Shelby County</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_County,_Tennessee&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-tehc-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tehc_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tehc_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tehc_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Edward F. 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Williams III, "Shelby County"</a>, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009/2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shelbycountytn.gov/index.aspx?NID=71">Shelby County Commission</a>, Shelby County Government website</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/countygov/">Shelby County Topic Page</a>, "News about the Shelby County government", <i><a href="/wiki/The_Commercial_Appeal" title="The Commercial Appeal">The Commercial Appeal</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-burson-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-burson_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-burson_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-burson_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-burson_22-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-burson_22-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-6th-circuit/1297214.html"><i>Board of County Commissioners of Shelby County Tennessee v. Burson</i></a> (1997), Findlaw</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Duncan, 69 F.3d at 93.4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.shelbycountytn.gov/213/About-the-Mayor">"About the Mayor | Shelby County, TN – Official Website"</a>. <i>www.shelbycountytn.gov</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Timeline of Memphis, Tennessee">Timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Geography of Memphis, Tennessee">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Government of Memphis, Tennessee">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Economy of Memphis, Tennessee">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Education in Memphis, Tennessee">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Culture of Memphis, Tennessee">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Tourism in Memphis, Tennessee">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Sports in Memphis, Tennessee">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Transportation in Memphis, Tennessee">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="List of people from Memphis, Tennessee">Memphians</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Welcome_to_Memphis_US51.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Welcome to Memphis"><img alt="Welcome to Memphis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Welcome_to_Memphis_US51.jpg/95px-Welcome_to_Memphis_US51.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Welcome_to_Memphis_US51.jpg/143px-Welcome_to_Memphis_US51.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Welcome_to_Memphis_US51.jpg/190px-Welcome_to_Memphis_US51.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="773" /></a></span></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tennessee.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Tennessee"><img alt="Flag of Tennessee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/95px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png" decoding="async" width="95" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/143px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Tennessee.svg/190px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fedex-md11-N525FE-051109-21-16.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="FedEx plane"><img alt="FedEx plane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Fedex-md11-N525FE-051109-21-16.jpg/95px-Fedex-md11-N525FE-051109-21-16.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Fedex-md11-N525FE-051109-21-16.jpg/143px-Fedex-md11-N525FE-051109-21-16.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Fedex-md11-N525FE-051109-21-16.jpg/190px-Fedex-md11-N525FE-051109-21-16.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1470" data-file-height="980" /></a></span></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Mississippi.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Mississippi"><img alt="Flag of Mississippi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Mississippi.svg/95px-Flag_of_Mississippi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="95" height="57" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Mississippi.svg/143px-Flag_of_Mississippi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Mississippi.svg/190px-Flag_of_Mississippi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Southland_Greyhound_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Southland Greyhound Park"><img alt="Southland Greyhound Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Southland_Greyhound_Park.jpg/95px-Southland_Greyhound_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Southland_Greyhound_Park.jpg/143px-Southland_Greyhound_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Southland_Greyhound_Park.jpg/190px-Southland_Greyhound_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="773" /></a></span></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Arkansas.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Arkansas"><img alt="Flag of Arkansas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Arkansas.svg/95px-Flag_of_Arkansas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="95" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Arkansas.svg/143px-Flag_of_Arkansas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Arkansas.svg/190px-Flag_of_Arkansas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MemphisTrolley.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Memphis downtown trolley"><img alt="Memphis downtown trolley" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/MemphisTrolley.jpg/95px-MemphisTrolley.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/MemphisTrolley.jpg/143px-MemphisTrolley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/MemphisTrolley.jpg/190px-MemphisTrolley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1792" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Downtown_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Downtown Memphis, Tennessee">Downtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midtown,_Memphis,_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee">Midtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Memphis,_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="North Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee">North Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Memphis,_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="South Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee">South Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Memphis,_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="East Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee">East Memphis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Neighborhoods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Meade,_Memphis" title="Belle Meade, Memphis">Belle Meade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berclair,_Memphis" title="Berclair, Memphis">Berclair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binghampton,_Memphis" title="Binghampton, Memphis">Binghampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxtown,_Memphis" title="Boxtown, Memphis">Boxtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capleville,_Tennessee" title="Capleville, Tennessee">Capleville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Gardens,_Memphis" title="Central Gardens, Memphis">Central Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chickasaw_Gardens" title="Chickasaw Gardens">Chickasaw Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooper-Young,_Memphis" title="Cooper-Young, Memphis">Cooper-Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cordova,_Tennessee" title="Cordova, Tennessee">Cordova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglass,_Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Douglass, Memphis, Tennessee">Douglass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evergreen,_Memphis" title="Evergreen, Memphis">Evergreen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frayser,_Memphis" title="Frayser, Memphis">Frayser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenview_Historic_District_(Memphis,_Tennessee)" title="Glenview Historic District (Memphis, Tennessee)">Glenview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbor_Town,_Memphis" title="Harbor Town, Memphis">Harbor Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory_Hill,_Memphis" title="Hickory Hill, Memphis">Hickory Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Point_Terrace,_Memphis" title="High Point Terrace, Memphis">High Point Terrace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Memphis" title="Hollywood, Memphis">Hollywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_Memphis" title="Hyde Park, Memphis">Hyde Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenox,_Memphis" title="Lenox, Memphis">Lenox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_District,_Memphis" title="Medical District, Memphis">Medical District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mud_Island,_Memphis" title="Mud Island, Memphis">Mud Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normal_Station,_Memphis" title="Normal Station, Memphis">Normal Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northaven,_Memphis" class="mw-redirect" title="Northaven, Memphis">Northaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nutbush,_Memphis" title="Nutbush, Memphis">Nutbush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Mound,_Memphis" title="Orange Mound, Memphis">Orange Mound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkway_Village,_Memphis" title="Parkway Village, Memphis">Parkway Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_Memphis,_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Raleigh, Memphis, Tennessee">Raleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverside,_South_Memphis" class="mw-redirect" title="Riverside, South Memphis">Riverside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherwood_Forest,_Memphis" title="Sherwood Forest, Memphis">Sherwood Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Main_Arts_District,_Memphis" title="South Main Arts District, Memphis">South Main</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scutterfeld,_Memphis" title="Scutterfeld, Memphis">Scutterfeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwind,_Memphis" title="Southwind, Memphis">Southwind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uptown,_Memphis" title="Uptown, Memphis">Uptown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Village,_Memphis" title="Victorian Village, Memphis">Victorian Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vollintine_Hills_Historic_District" title="Vollintine Hills Historic District">Vollintine Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Westwood,_Memphis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Westwood, Memphis (page does not exist)">Westwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehaven,_Memphis,_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Whitehaven, Memphis, Tennessee">Whitehaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfchase,_Memphis" title="Wolfchase, Memphis">Wolfchase</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Metro area<br />landmarks</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tennessee</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._Schwab%27s" title="A. Schwab's">A. Schwab's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Museum_of_the_University_of_Memphis" title="Art Museum of the University of Memphis">Art Museum of the University of Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Gotten_House" title="Nicholas Gotten House">Bartlett Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beale_Street" title="Beale Street">Beale Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellevue_Baptist_Church" title="Bellevue Baptist Church">Bellevue Baptist Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belz_Museum_of_Asian_and_Judaic_Art" title="Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art">Belz Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Botanic_Garden" title="Memphis Botanic Garden">Botanic Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Brooks_Museum_of_Art" title="Memphis Brooks Museum of Art">Brooks Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burkle_Estate" title="Burkle Estate">Burkle Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Central_Station" title="Memphis Central Station">Central Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Immaculate_Conception_(Memphis,_Tennessee)" title="Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Memphis, Tennessee)">Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chickasaw_Bluff" title="Chickasaw Bluff">Chickasaw Bluff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Museum_of_Memphis" title="Children's Museum of Memphis">Children's Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._O._Fuller_State_Park#Chucalissa_Museum_and_Archaeological_site" title="T. O. Fuller State Park">Chucalissa Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cotton_Museum" title="The Cotton Museum">Cotton Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davies_Manor" title="Davies Manor">Davies Manor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dixon_Gallery_and_Gardens" title="Dixon Gallery and Gardens">Dixon Gallery and Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MATA_Trolley" title="MATA Trolley">Downtown Trolleys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmwood_Cemetery_(Memphis,_Tennessee)" title="Elmwood Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee)">Elmwood Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire_Museum_of_Memphis" title="Fire Museum of Memphis">Fire Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Assumption" title="Fort Assumption">Fort Assumption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Wright_(Tennessee)" title="Fort Wright (Tennessee)">Fort Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graceland" title="Graceland">Graceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto_Bridge" title="Hernando de Soto Bridge">Hernando de Soto Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertyland" title="Libertyland">Libertyland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lichterman_Nature_Center" title="Lichterman Nature Center">Lichterman Nature Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_American_Tower" title="Lincoln American Tower">Lincoln American Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magevney_House" title="Magevney House">Magevney House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallory%E2%80%93Neely_House" title="Mallory–Neely House">Mallory–Neely House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_Temple" title="Mason Temple">Mason Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meeman-Shelby_Forest_State_Park" title="Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park">Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Park_Cemetery_(Memphis,_Tennessee)" title="Memorial Park Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee)">Memorial Park Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Cotton_Exchange" title="Memphis Cotton Exchange">Cotton Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_International_Airport" title="Memphis International Airport">Memphis International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_National_Cemetery" title="Memphis National Cemetery">National Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Parkway_System" title="Memphis Parkway System">Parkway System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Railroad_%26_Trolley_Museum" title="Memphis Railroad & Trolley Museum">Railroad & Trolley Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Zoo" title="Memphis Zoo">Memphis Zoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mud_Island,_Memphis" title="Mud Island, Memphis">Mississippi River Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Suspension_Railway" title="Memphis Suspension Railway">Mud Island Monorail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Civil_Rights_Museum" title="National Civil Rights Museum">National Civil Rights Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Ornamental_Metal_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="National Ornamental Metal Museum">National Ornamental Metal Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oaklawn_Garden" title="Oaklawn Garden">Oaklawn Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orpheum_Theatre_(Memphis)" title="Orpheum Theatre (Memphis)">Orpheum Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Overton_Park" title="Overton Park">Overton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peabody_Hotel" title="Peabody Hotel">Peabody Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pink_Palace_Museum_and_Planetarium" title="Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium">Pink Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Pyramid" title="Memphis Pyramid">The Pyramid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodes_College" title="Rhodes College">Rhodes College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Rock_N%27_Soul_Museum" title="Memphis Rock N' Soul Museum">Rock N' Soul Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Jude_Children%27s_Research_Hospital" title="St. Jude Children's Research Hospital">St. Jude Children's Research Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Episcopal_Cathedral_(Memphis,_Tennessee)" title="St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral (Memphis, Tennessee)">St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Farms" title="Shelby Farms">Shelby Farms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stax_Museum_of_American_Soul_Music" title="Stax Museum of American Soul Music">Stax Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sun_Studio" title="Sun Studio">Sun Studio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Main_Arts_District,_Memphis" title="South Main Arts District, Memphis">South Main Arts District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Israel_(Memphis,_Tennessee)" title="Temple Israel (Memphis, Tennessee)">Temple Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Brewery" title="Tennessee Brewery">Tennessee Brewery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipton_County,_Tennessee#Tipton_County_Museum" title="Tipton County, Tennessee">Tipton County Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._O._Fuller_State_Park" title="T. O. Fuller State Park">T. O. Fuller State Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lee_Park" title="Tom Lee Park">Tom Lee Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Union_Station" title="Memphis Union Station">Union Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Memphis" title="University of Memphis">University of Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Village,_Memphis" title="Victorian Village, Memphis">Victorian Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolf_River_(Tennessee)" title="Wolf River (Tennessee)">Wolf River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mississippi</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arkabutla_Lake" title="Arkabutla Lake">Arkabutla Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BankPlus_Amphitheater_at_Snowden_Grove" class="mw-redirect" title="BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove">BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeSoto_County,_Mississippi#DeSoto_County_Museum" title="DeSoto County, Mississippi">DeSoto County Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Jackpot_Casino_Tunica" title="1st Jackpot Casino Tunica">1st Jackpot Casino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Strike_Tunica" title="Gold Strike Tunica">Gold Strike Tunica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Springs_National_Forest" title="Holly Springs National Forest">Holly Springs National Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landers_Center" title="Landers Center">Landers Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horseshoe_Casino_Tunica" title="Horseshoe Casino Tunica">Horseshoe Casino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resorts_Casino_Tunica" title="Resorts Casino Tunica">Resorts Casino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam%27s_Town_Hotel_and_Gambling_Hall,_Tunica" title="Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall, Tunica">Sam's Town Gambling Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southaven_Towne_Center" title="Southaven Towne Center">Southaven Towne Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunica_Resorts,_Mississippi" title="Tunica Resorts, Mississippi">Tunica Resorts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowden_Grove_Park" title="Snowden Grove Park">Snowden Grove Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanger_Outlets_Southaven_(Memphis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanger Outlets Southaven (Memphis)">Tanger Outlets Southaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunica_Roadhouse_Casino_%26_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunica Roadhouse Casino & Hotel">Tunica Roadhouse Casino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_Doxey_State_Park" title="Wall Doxey State Park">Wall Doxey State Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arkansas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Horseshoe_Lake,_Arkansas" title="Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas">Horseshoe Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southland_Park_Gaming_and_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Southland Park Gaming and Racing">Southland Park Gaming and Racing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wapanocca_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge">Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Metro area<br />suburbs</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tennessee</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arlington,_Tennessee" title="Arlington, Tennessee">Arlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atoka,_Tennessee" title="Atoka, Tennessee">Atoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartlett,_Tennessee" title="Bartlett, Tennessee">Bartlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collierville,_Tennessee" title="Collierville, Tennessee">Collierville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covington,_Tennessee" title="Covington, Tennessee">Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germantown,_Tennessee" title="Germantown, Tennessee">Germantown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakeland,_Tennessee" title="Lakeland, Tennessee">Lakeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millington,_Tennessee" title="Millington, Tennessee">Millington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munford,_Tennessee" title="Munford, Tennessee">Munford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northaven,_Memphis,_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Northaven, Memphis, Tennessee">Northaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_Tennessee" title="Oakland, Tennessee">Oakland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piperton,_Tennessee" title="Piperton, Tennessee">Piperton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Tennessee" title="Somerville, Tennessee">Somerville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_Forest,_Tennessee" title="Shelby Forest, Tennessee">Shelby Forest</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mississippi</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Byhalia,_Mississippi" title="Byhalia, Mississippi">Byhalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hernando,_Mississippi" title="Hernando, Mississippi">Hernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Springs,_Mississippi" title="Holly Springs, Mississippi">Holly Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horn_Lake,_Mississippi" title="Horn Lake, Mississippi">Horn Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olive_Branch,_Mississippi" title="Olive Branch, Mississippi">Olive Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senatobia,_Mississippi" title="Senatobia, Mississippi">Senatobia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southaven,_Mississippi" title="Southaven, Mississippi">Southaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunica,_Mississippi" title="Tunica, Mississippi">Tunica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunica_Resorts,_Mississippi" title="Tunica Resorts, Mississippi">Tunica Resorts</a> (Robinsonville)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walls,_Mississippi" title="Walls, Mississippi">Walls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arkansas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earle,_Arkansas" title="Earle, Arkansas">Earle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Arkansas" title="Marion, Arkansas">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Memphis,_Arkansas" title="West Memphis, Arkansas">West Memphis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Metro area<br />counties</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tennessee</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Tennessee" title="Fayette County, Tennessee">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipton_County,_Tennessee" title="Tipton County, Tennessee">Tipton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mississippi</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DeSoto_County,_Mississippi" title="DeSoto County, Mississippi">DeSoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Mississippi" title="Marshall County, Mississippi">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tate_County,_Mississippi" title="Tate County, Mississippi">Tate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunica_County,_Mississippi" title="Tunica County, Mississippi">Tunica</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arkansas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crittenden_County,_Arkansas" title="Crittenden County, Arkansas">Crittenden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/Template:Memphis,_Tennessee_sports_venues" title="Template:Memphis, Tennessee sports venues">Memphis, Tennessee sports venues</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="State_of_Tennessee" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Tennessee" title="Template:Tennessee"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Tennessee" 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href="/wiki/Cannabis_in_Tennessee" title="Cannabis in Tennessee">Cannabis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Tennessee" title="Climate change in Tennessee">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Name_of_Tennessee" title="Name of Tennessee">Name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Tennessee" title="History of Tennessee">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Tennessee" title="Outline of Tennessee">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Tennessee" title="Geography of Tennessee">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Tennessee" title="Gun laws in Tennessee">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Tennessee">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Tennessee" title="List of people from Tennessee">Tennesseans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Americans_in_Tennessee" title="African Americans in Tennessee">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Tennessee">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_Tennessee" title="Category:Mass media in Tennessee">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Tennessee" title="List of newspapers in Tennessee">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Tennessee" title="List of radio stations in Tennessee">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Tennessee" title="List of television stations in Tennessee">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Tennessee" title="Constitution of Tennessee">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Tennessee" title="Elections in Tennessee">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Governor of Tennessee">Governor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Tennessee" title="List of governors of Tennessee">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee">Lieutenant Governor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_General_Assembly" title="Tennessee General Assembly">General Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Supreme_Court" title="Tennessee Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Military_Department" title="Tennessee Military Department">Tennessee National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_Tennessee" title="List of law enforcement agencies in Tennessee">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tennessee_state_symbols" title="List of Tennessee state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Tennessee" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Tennessee">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Tennessee" title="List of colleges and universities in Tennessee">Colleges and universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Tennessee" title="Crime in Tennessee">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Tennessee" title="Demographics of Tennessee">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Tennessee" title="Economy of Tennessee">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Tennessee" title="Education in Tennessee">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of Tennessee">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Tennessee" title="Music of Tennessee">Music</a></li> <li>Media <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Tennessee" title="List of newspapers in Tennessee">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_Tennessee" title="List of radio stations in Tennessee">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Tennessee" title="List of television stations in Tennessee">TV</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Divisions_of_Tennessee" title="Grand Divisions of Tennessee">Grand Divisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee" title="East Tennessee">East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Tennessee" title="Middle Tennessee">Middle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Tennessee" title="West Tennessee">West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Appalachian_Valley" title="Great Appalachian Valley">Great Appalachian Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Rim" title="Highland Rim">Highland Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain">Mississippi Alluvial Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_embayment" title="Mississippi embayment">Mississippi embayment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Basin" title="Nashville Basin">Nashville Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities,_Tennessee" title="Tri-Cities, Tennessee">Tri-Cities</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Tennessee" title="List of municipalities in Tennessee">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga,_Tennessee" title="Chattanooga, Tennessee">Chattanooga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville,_Tennessee" title="Clarksville, Tennessee">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murfreesboro,_Tennessee" title="Murfreesboro, Tennessee">Murfreesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Tennessee" title="Franklin, Tennessee">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City, Tennessee">Johnson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Tennessee" title="Jackson, Tennessee">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendersonville,_Tennessee" title="Hendersonville, Tennessee">Hendersonville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_of_Tennessee" title="List of metropolitan areas of Tennessee">Metropolitan areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_metropolitan_area" title="Chattanooga metropolitan area">Chattanooga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville_metropolitan_area" title="Clarksville metropolitan area">Clarksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Cleveland metropolitan area, Tennessee">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Jackson metropolitan area, Tennessee">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_metropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Johnson City metropolitan area, Tennessee">Johnson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport%E2%80%93Bristol%E2%80%93Bristol_metropolitan_area" title="Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol metropolitan area">Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoxville_metropolitan_area" title="Knoxville metropolitan area">Knoxville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_metropolitan_area" title="Memphis metropolitan area">Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morristown_metropolitan_area" title="Morristown metropolitan area">Morristown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_metropolitan_area" title="Nashville metropolitan area">Nashville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Combined_statistical_area" title="Combined statistical area">Combined<br />statistical areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga%E2%80%93Cleveland%E2%80%93Dalton_combined_statistical_area" title="Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton combined statistical area">Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Micropolitan_statistical_area" title="Micropolitan statistical area">Micropolitan areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cookeville_micropolitan_area" title="Cookeville micropolitan area">Cookeville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tullahoma%E2%80%93Manchester_micropolitan_area" title="Tullahoma–Manchester micropolitan area">Tullahoma–Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_City_micropolitan_area,_Tennessee" title="Union City micropolitan area, Tennessee">Union City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Tennessee" title="List of counties in Tennessee">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Tennessee" title="Anderson County, Tennessee">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Tennessee" title="Bedford County, Tennessee">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Tennessee" title="Benton County, Tennessee">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bledsoe_County,_Tennessee" title="Bledsoe County, Tennessee">Bledsoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blount_County,_Tennessee" title="Blount County, Tennessee">Blount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradley_County,_Tennessee" title="Bradley County, Tennessee">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Tennessee" title="Campbell County, Tennessee">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_County,_Tennessee" title="Cannon County, Tennessee">Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Tennessee" title="Carroll County, Tennessee">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_County,_Tennessee" title="Carter County, Tennessee">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheatham_County,_Tennessee" title="Cheatham County, Tennessee">Cheatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_County,_Tennessee" title="Chester County, Tennessee">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claiborne_County,_Tennessee" title="Claiborne County, Tennessee">Claiborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Tennessee" title="Clay County, Tennessee">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocke_County,_Tennessee" title="Cocke County, Tennessee">Cocke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_County,_Tennessee" title="Coffee County, Tennessee">Coffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crockett_County,_Tennessee" title="Crockett County, Tennessee">Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Tennessee" title="Cumberland County, Tennessee">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson_County,_Tennessee" title="Davidson County, Tennessee">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur_County,_Tennessee" title="Decatur County, Tennessee">Decatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeKalb_County,_Tennessee" title="DeKalb County, Tennessee">DeKalb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickson_County,_Tennessee" title="Dickson County, Tennessee">Dickson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyer_County,_Tennessee" title="Dyer County, Tennessee">Dyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Tennessee" title="Fayette County, Tennessee">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fentress_County,_Tennessee" title="Fentress County, Tennessee">Fentress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Tennessee" title="Franklin County, Tennessee">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_County,_Tennessee" title="Gibson County, Tennessee">Gibson</a></li> <li><a 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