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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Memphis

 
Clickable Map of Shelby County, Tennessee and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Shelby County, TN (542) Fayette County, TN (18) Tipton County, TN (34) Crittenden County, AR (29) Mississippi County, AR (55) DeSoto County, MS (32) Marshall County, MS (31)  ShelbyCounty(542) Shelby County (542)  FayetteCounty(18) Fayette County (18)  TiptonCounty(34) Tipton County (34)  CrittendenCountyArkansas(29) Crittenden County (29)  MississippiCounty(55) Mississippi County (55)  DeSotoCountyMississippi(32) DeSoto County (32)  MarshallCounty(31) Marshall County (31)
Memphis is the county seat for Shelby County
Memphis is in Shelby County
Shelby County (542)  ►
ADJACENT TO SHELBY COUNTY
Fayette County (18)  ►
Tipton County (34)  ►
Crittenden County, Arkansas (29)  ►
Mississippi County, Arkansas (55)  ►
DeSoto County, Mississippi (32)  ►
Marshall County, Mississippi (31)  ►
 
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1 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — A-1 — 19th Century Architecture —
2 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 128 Court Street —
3 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 1862 Post Office —
4 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 1866 Memphis Massacre —
5 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, South Memphis — 4E 179 — The 1960 Memphis Sit-In Movement —
6 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Midtown — The 1969 Miss Memphis Review —
7 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Alexis De Tocqueville —
8 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Alma H. Law — 1875-1947 —
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9 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 38 — American Cutoff Mile/Greenville, Mississippi/Tarpley Cutoff — Mississippi River Walk —
10 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, North Memphis — American Studios / Elvis Presley at American Studios —
11 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Annesdale Park — 4E 92 — Annesdale Park Subdivision —
12 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Midtown — The Antenna Club — “World Famous” and Family Owned / An Original Punk Rock Venue —
13 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, South Main — Arcade Restaurant —
14 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 15 — Architectural Innovation —
15 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Arkansas & White Rivers — Reported permanently removed
16 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Arkansas & White Rivers —
17 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Armstrong Field — Reported missing
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18 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Artesian Water —
19 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 39 — Ashbrook Cutoff/Eunice Landing, Arkansas/Arkansas City, Arkansas — Mississippi River Walk —
20 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 22 — The Atchafalaya Problem — Mississippi River Walk —
21 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — A-3 — Barboro Grocery —
22 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 67 — Baseball —
23 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 17 — Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Mississippi River Walk — Mile 228.4 AHP —
24 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 7 — The Battle of New Orleans — Chalmette, Louisiana — Mississippi River Walk —
25 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Beale Street #1 —
26 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Beale Street #2 —
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27 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Beale Street #3 —
28 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Beale Street #4 —
29 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Beale Street Baptist Church —
30 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Beale Street Historic District —
31 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Audubon Park — The Beginning —
32 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 6 — Belle Chasse, Louisiana/English Turn Bend/Caernarvon Crevasse/Poydras Crevasse — Mississippi River Walk —
33 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, South Memphis — 4E 100 — Benjamin Albert Imes —
34 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 126 — Benjamin Franklin Booth — 1858–1941 —
35 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Midtown — Bettis Family Cemetery —
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36 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, South Memphis — Birthplace of Aretha Franklin —
37 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, South Memphis — 4E 142 — Bishop Charles Harrison Mason — 1862~1961 —
38 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Medical District — 4E 129 — Blair T. Hunt, Sr. / Blair T. Hunt, Jr. —
39 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Midtown — Blues at the Overton Park Shell —
40 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 154 — The Blues Foundation —
41 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 72 — The Blues Trail From Mississippi to Memphis —
42 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 10 — Bonnet Carre Spillway/Lake Pontchartrain — Mississippi River Walk —
43 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, New Pathways — 4E 111 — Booker T. Washington High School —
44 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, North Memphis — The Brick Church —
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45 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Cordova — Bridgewater School —
46 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 18 — Brodnax Jewelers —
47 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Building Mounds —
48 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, North Memphis — 4E 99 — Burkle Estate —
49 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 17 — Business Men's Club —
50 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 65 — Cairo, Illinois — Mississippi River Walk — Mile 954.0 AHP —
51 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Calvary Cemetery —
52 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church —
53 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Medical District — Campbell Clinic — Orthopaedics — 869 Madison Ave. 1920-1997 —
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54 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Capt. J. Harvey Mathes — 37th. Tenn. C.S.A. —
55 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, South Memphis — Captain Kit Dalton — 1843 - 1920 —
56 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 58 — Caruthersville, Missouri/Gayoso, Missouri/Little Cypress Bend — Mississippi River Walk —
57 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 33 — Casey Jones —
58 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Midtown — Central Gardens Historic District —
59 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — The Central Plaza —
60 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Charl Ormond Williams — 1885-1969 —
61 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 4E 145 — Chew C. Sawyer — 1918-1973 —
62 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, French Fort — Chickasaw Heritage Park —
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63 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Midtown — Chickasaw Trail —
64 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, French Fort — Chisca Mound —
65 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Chop Suey Cafι / Chinese Merchants on Beale Street —
66 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Midtown — Christian Brothers College —
67 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 4E 169 — Christian Brothers High School / Christian Brothers Band —
68 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Chucalissa in Historic Times —
69 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Chucalissa Site —
70 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 67 — Church Park —
71 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Church Park Auditorium —
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72 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Civil War Capitol —
73 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 2 — Civil War Hospital —
74 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Civil War in Tennessee — Memphis during the War —
75 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 15 — Claiborne Landing / Carville, Louisiana / Belle Grove — Mississippi River Walk —
76 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Chickasaw Gardens — Clarence Saunders' "Pink Palace" —
77 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Clayborn Temple —
78 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Cobblestone Landing —
79 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 1 — Cobblestones —
80 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Midtown — 4E 108 — Collins Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church —
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81 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 48 — Commerce, Mississippi/Buck Island No. 53/Norfolk Landing, Mississippi — Mississippi River Walk —
82 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Medical District — The Commercial Appeal / Publishing Locations —
83 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 66 — Commercial Barge Traffic — Panel # 66 —
84 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Confederate History of Memphis —
85 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Confederate Park — Reunions and Memorials —
86 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, South Memphis — Confederate Soldiers Rest —
87 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Confederate States of America —
88 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Congregation B'Nai Israel — (Children of Israel) — First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Tennessee —
89 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — A-4 — Cora James —
90 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4 — Cotton Exchange Building —
91 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 49 — Court Square Saved —
92 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 49 — Cow Islands No. 47 and No. 48/West Memphis, Arkansas/President's Island No. 45 — Mississippi River Walk —
93 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Midtown — Crump Home —
94 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, East Memphis — Crystal Shrine Grotto —
95 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 4E 183 — Danny Thomas — 1912 - 1991 —
96 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 30 — Davis Island, Mississippi/Kents Island — Mississippi River Walk —
97 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, French Fort — De Soto Viewed the Mississippi —
98 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Orange Mound — 4E 139 — Deaderick Family Cemetery —
99 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Dermon Building —
100 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 62 — Donaldson Point, Missouri/Island No. 8/Hickman, Kentucky/Dorena Crevasse — Mississippi River Walk —

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