Bartlett Station in Shelby County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
The Geographical Center of Shelby County
Photographed by Steve Masler, July 20, 2015
1. The Geographical Center of Shelby County Marker
Erected 1986 by The Bartlett Historical Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Landmarks.
Location. 35° 12.218′ N, 89° 52.127′ W. Marker is in Bartlett, Tennessee, in Shelby County. It is in Bartlett Station. It is at the intersection of Bartlett Road and Stage Road, on the right on Bartlett Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2863 Bartlett Boulevard, Memphis TN 38134, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee and in Greater Memphis. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in the Upper South, in the Mississippi Delta, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bartlett, Tennessee (within shouting distance of this marker); Nicholas Gotten (approx. Ό mile away); Bartlett Veterans Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Gabriel Maston Bartlett (approx. 1.1 miles away); St. Ann Catholic Church (approx. 1.3 miles away); Nashoba (approx. 2.2 miles away); The Lynching of Wash Henley (approx. 2.3 miles away); Oak Grove Baptist Church (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bartlett.
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Photographed by Steve Masler, July 20, 2015
2. The Geographical Center of Shelby County
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 21, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,602 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 21, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
