42 Facts About Memphis Tennessee

One of the more historic and culturally significant cities of the southern U S, Memphis has a wide variety of landscapes and distinct neighborhoods.

Home to Tennessee's largest African-American population, Memphis played a prominent role in the American Civil Rights Movement.

Since the civil rights era, Memphis Tennessee has become one of the nation's leading commercial centers in transportation and logistics.

Memphis Tennessee is a center for media and entertainment, notably a historic music scene.

The fort's ruins went unnoticed 20 years later when Memphis Tennessee was laid out as a city, after the United States government paid the Chickasaw for land.

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City of Memphis Tennessee was founded on May 22, 1819, by John Overton, James Winchester and Andrew Jackson.

The Howard Association, formed specifically for yellow fever epidemics in New Orleans and Memphis Tennessee, organized nurses and doctors in Memphis Tennessee and throughout the country.

The epidemic had resulted in Memphis Tennessee being a less cosmopolitan place, with an economy that served the cotton trade and a population drawn increasingly from poor white and black Southerners.

Journalist Ida B Wells of Memphis investigated the lynchings, as one of the men killed was a friend of hers.

Memphis Tennessee's demonstrated that these and other lynchings were more often due to economic and social competition than any criminal offenses by black men.

In terms of its economy, Memphis Tennessee developed as the world's largest spot cotton market and the world's largest hardwood lumber market, both commodity products of the Mississippi Delta.

Memphis Tennessee gained a state law in 1911 to establish a small commission to manage the city.

Memphis Tennessee did not become a home rule city until 1963, although the state legislature had amended the constitution in 1953 to provide home rule for cities and counties.

Memphis Tennessee is well known for its cultural contributions to the identity of the American South.

Many renowned musicians grew up in and around Memphis Tennessee and moved to Chicago and other areas from the Mississippi Delta, carrying their music with them to influence other cities and listeners over radio airwaves.

Memphis Tennessee has a humid subtropical climate, with four distinct seasons, and is located in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8a in downtown, cooling to 7b for much of the surrounding region.

Memphis Tennessee temperatures dropped to -4 F during the 1985 North American cold wave and during the December 1989 United States cold wave.

Dr Jeff Wallace of the University of Memphis Tennessee noted that the problem was related to decades of segregation in government and schools.

Memphis Tennessee said that it was a low-cost job market, but other places in the world could offer cheaper labor, and the workforce was undereducated for today's challenges.

Memphis Tennessee is home to Temple Israel, a Reform synagogue that has approximately 7, 000 members, making it one of the largest Reform synagogues in the country.

Memphis Tennessee is home to an estimated 10, 000 to 15, 000 Muslims of various cultures and ethnicities.

Memphis Tennessee is home to Memphis Tennessee Theological Seminary and Harding School of Theology.

However, that trend changed and in 2005, Memphis was ranked the fourth-most dangerous city with a population of 500, 000 or higher in the U S Crime increased again in the first half of 2006.

Memphis Tennessee ended 2005 with 154 murders, and 2006 ended with 160; in 2007 there were 164 murders, 2008 had 138, and 2009 had 132.

Memphis Tennessee serves as a primary hub for FedEx Express shipping.

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Beale Street is a national historical landmark, and shows the impact Memphis Tennessee has had on American blues, particularly after World War II as electric guitars took precedence over the original acoustic sound from the Mississippi Delta.

Memphis Tennessee is noted for its influence on the power pop musical genre in the 1970s.

Several notable singers are from the Memphis area, including Justin Timberlake, K Michelle, Kirk Whalum, Three 6 Mafia, Ruth Welting, Kid Memphis, Kallen Esperian, and Andrew VanWyngarden.

Memphis Tennessee has non-commercial visual arts organizations and spaces, including local painter Pinkney Herbert's Marshall Arts gallery, on Marshall Avenue near Sun Studios, another arts neighborhood characterized by affordable rent.

Memphis Tennessee National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in northeastern Memphis Tennessee.

Memphis Tennessee is home to Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, the site of University of Memphis Tennessee football, the Liberty Bowl and the Southern Heritage Classic.

In 1993, the Memphis Tennessee Hound Dogs was a proposed NFL expansion that was passed over in favor of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Carolina Panthers.

Major Memphis parks include W C Handy Park, Tom Lee Park, Audubon Park, Overton Park including the Old Forest Arboretum, the Lichterman Nature Center, the Memphis Botanic Garden, and Jesse H Turner Park.

Memphis Tennessee area is home to many private, college-prep schools: Briarcrest Christian School, Christian Brothers High School (boys), Evangelical Christian School, First Assembly Christian School, St Mary's Episcopal School (girls), Hutchison School (girls), Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis Tennessee University School (boys), Saint Benedict at Auburndale, St Agnes Academy (girls), Immaculate Conception Cathedral School (girls), and Elliston Baptist Academy.

Memphis Tennessee has campuses of several for-profit post-secondary institutions, including Concorde Career College, ITT Technical Institute, Vatterott College, and University of Phoenix.

Television series Greenleaf, Memphis Tennessee Beat, Quarry and Bluff City Law are set in the city.

The only inter-city passenger railroad service to Memphis Tennessee is the daily City of New Orleans train, operated by Amtrak, which has one train northbound and one train southbound each day between Chicago and New Orleans.

Memphis Tennessee has the second-busiest cargo port on the Mississippi River, which is the fourth-busiest inland port in the United States.

City of Memphis bought the private company in 1939 to form MLGW, which was an early customer of electricity from the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Memphis Tennessee is home to Regional One Healthcare, which is locally referred to as "The Med".

Memphis Tennessee is home to Delta Medical Center of Memphis Tennessee, which is the only employee-owned medical facility in North America.

Memphis Tennessee has three sister cities, as per Sister Cities International:.