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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Memphis, Tennessee

 
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 (490) Fayette County, TN (18) Tipton County, TN (34) Crittenden County, AR (27) Mississippi County, AR (52) DeSoto County, MS (27) Marshall County, MS (29)  ShelbyCounty(490) Shelby County (490)  FayetteCounty(18) Fayette County (18)  TiptonCounty(34) Tipton County (34)  CrittendenCountyArkansas(27) Crittenden County (27)  MississippiCounty(52) Mississippi County (52)  DeSotoCountyMississippi(27) DeSoto County (27)  MarshallCounty(29) Marshall County (29)
Memphis is the county seat for Shelby County
Memphis is in Shelby County
      Shelby County (490)  
ADJACENT TO SHELBY COUNTY
      Fayette County (18)  
      Tipton County (34)  
      Crittenden County, Arkansas (27)  
      Mississippi County, Arkansas (52)  
      DeSoto County, Mississippi (27)  
      Marshall County, Mississippi (29)  
 
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1 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 38 — American Cutoff Mile/Greenville, Mississippi/Tarpley Cutoff — Panel #38 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
2 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Arkansas & White Rivers
On Riverside Drive.
3 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Armstrong Field
On Old Millington Road south of Armstrong Field Road when traveling south. Reported missing.
4 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 39 — Ashbrook Cutoff/Eunice Landing, Arkansas/Arkansas City, Arkansas — Panel #39 Mississippi Riverwalkk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
5 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 17 — Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Panel #17 Mississippi Riverwalk — Mile 228.4 AHP —
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue.
6 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 6 — Belle Chasse, Louisiana/English Turn Bend/Caernarvon Crevasse/Poydras Crevasse — Panel #6 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
7 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 10 — Bonnet Carre Spillway/Lake Pontchartrain — Panel #10 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
8 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 65 — Cairo, Illinois — Panel #65 Mississippi Riverwalk — Mile 954.0 AHP —
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
9 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Calvary Cemetery
On Elvis Presley (Bellevue) Boulevard (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling south.
10 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 4E 145 — Chew C. Sawyer — 1918-1973
On South Parkway East at Pillow Street, in the median on South Parkway East.
11 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 4E 169 — Christian Brothers High School / Christian Brothers Band
On Walnut Grove Road at Briarview Street, on the right when traveling west on Walnut Grove Road.
12 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 15 — Claiborne Landing / Carville, Louisiana / Belle Grove — Panel #15
On Riverside Drive.
13 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 66 — Commercial Barge Traffic — Panel # 66
On Island Drive.
14 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Confederate States of America
On North Front Street.
15 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 30 — Davis Island, Mississippi/Kents Island — Panel #30 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
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16 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 62 — Donaldson Point, Missouri/Island No. 8/Hickman, Kentucky/Dorena Crevasse — Panel #62 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
17 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 14 — Donaldsonville, Louisiana/Bayou Lafourche/Geismar, Louisiana — Panel #14 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue.
18 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Eastland Presbyterian Church
On Jackson Ave (Tennessee Route 14) at Villa on Jackson Ave.
19 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — First Holiday Inn
On Summer Avenue, 0.1 miles east of North Mendenhall Road, on the right when traveling east.
20 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — France
Near Island Drive, 1 mile south of A.W. Willis Avenue.
21 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 4E 109 — G. P. Hamilton
On Wilson Street at Kerr Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Wilson Street.
22 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 29 — Grand Gulf, Mississippi / Yucatan Cutoff / Big Black River — Panel #29 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive just south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
23 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Grand Lake Cutoff/Worthington Cutoff/Kentucky Bend — Panel # 37
On Riverside Drive.
24 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Great Britain
Near Island Road, 1 mile A.W. Willis Avenue.
25 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 1 — Head of Passes/Pilottown, Louisiana — Panel #1 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
26 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 21 — Hog Point, Louisiana/Raccourci Cutoff/Caernarvon Crevasse — Panel #21 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue.
27 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Hutchison School
On Ridgeway Road north of the Hutchison School entrance road, on the right when traveling north.
28 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 11 — Hymelia Crevasse/Bonnet Carre Crevasse/Laplace, Louisiana/Reserve, Louisiana — Panel #11 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
29 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 57 — Island No. 20/Cottonwood Point/Booth Point, Tennessee/Linwood Bend — Panel #57 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
30 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 63 — Island No. 5 (Wolf Island)/Belmont, Missouri/Columbus, Kentucky — Panel #63 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
31 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 64 — Islands No. 2, 3, and 4 / Fort Jefferson, Kentucky / Bird’s Point, Missouri — Panel #64 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
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32 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 5 — Junior Crevasse/Poverty Point, Louisiana/Jesuits Bend — Panel #5 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
33 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 9 — Kenner, Louisiana/Davis Crevasse/Ormand Landing, Louisiana — Panel #9 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
34 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 35 — Lake Providence, Louisiana/Stack Island — Panel #35 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
35 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 12 — Lutcher, Louisiana/Oak Alley/St. James Landing, Louisiana — Panel #12 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
36 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 4E 63 — Memphis Martyrs
Near Channel 3 Drive.
37 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Memphis University School
On Ridgeway just south of Park Ave..
38 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Memphis,Tennessee/Mud Island
On Riverside Drive.
39 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Mertie's Lake and the Buckman Water Science Trail
On Unknamed Trail.
40 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Mosby-Bennett House
On Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) east of Briarcrest Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
41 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 40 — Mounds Landing Crevasse/Cypress Bend/Caulk Neck Cutoff — Panel #40 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
42 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 18 — Mulatto Bend/Springfield Bend/Profit Island — Panel # 18
On Riverside Drive.
43 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 4E 10 — Nashoba
On Summer Ave. (U.S. 70) at Sycamore View Road, on the right when traveling east on Summer Ave..
44 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 25 — Natchez Island / Vidalia, Louisiana / Giles Cutoff — Panel # 25
On Riverside Drive.
45 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 26 — Natchez, Mississippi — Panel # 26
On Island Drive.
46 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 61 — New Madrid, Missouri/Cates Casting Field/Island No. 10 — Panel #61 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
47 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 8 — New Orleans, Louisiana — Panel #8 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
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48 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — North Carolina
Near Island Road, 1 mile south of A.W. Willis Avenue.
49 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Ohio River
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
50 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 3 — Ostrica Lock/Buras, Louisiana/Empire Lock/Nairn, Louisiana — Panel #3 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
51 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 24 — Palmetto Bend/Jackson Point/St. Catherine’s Creek/Ellis Cliffs — Panel # 24
On Riverside Drive.
52 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 16 — Plaquemine, Louisiana/Manchac Bend — Panel #16 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue.
53 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Plastic Products Record Plant — Hub of Rock 'N' Roll — 1746 Chelsea —
On Chelsea Avenue, 0.2 miles west of North McLean Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
54 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 4 — Point a La Hache, Louisiana/Magnolia Plantation, Louisiana — Panel #4 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
55 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 19 — Port Hudson, Louisiana/Fausse River Cutoff — Panel #19 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue.
56 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 59 — Reelfoot Lake — Panel #59 Mississippi Riverwalk — Mile 873.0 AHP —
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
57 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 28 — Rodney Cutoff/Bayou Pierre — Panel #28 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
58 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 4E 47 — Shelby County / Memphis
On Poplar Avenue (U.S. 72) east of Interstate 240, on the left when traveling east.
59 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Shelby County Hospital / Shelby County Center
Near State Road, 0.1 miles west of Mullins Station Road, on the right when traveling west.
60 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 36 — Skipwith Crevasse/Sara Cutoff/Island No. 89 — Panel #36 Mississippi Riverwalk
On Riverside Drive.
61 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Spain
Near Island Drive, 1 mile south of A.W. Willis Avenue.
62 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Tennessee
On North Front Street.
63 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Tennessee River/Cumberland River
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
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64 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 22 — The Atchafalaya Problem — Panel #22
On Riverside Drive.
65 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 7 — The Battle of New Orleans — Chalmette, Louisiana — Panel #7 Mississippi Riverwalk —
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
66 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — The Lynching of Ell Persons
On Summer Avenue (U.S. 79) 0.2 miles west of Shelby Oaks, on the right when traveling west.
67 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — The Lynching of Wash Henley
On Raleigh La Grange Road, 0.3 miles east of Shelby View Drive, on the right when traveling east.
68 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — The Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
69 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — The Omlie Tower — Vernon Cleophas Omlie (1895-1936) Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie (1902-1975)
On Jim McGehee Pkwy just south of Winchester Road, on the right.
70 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — This Chimney Swift Tower
On Quince Road.
71 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Thomas Moss ~ Calvin McDowell ~ William Henry Stewart — The Lynching at the Curve
On South Parkway East, 0.7 miles east of South Willett Street, on the right when traveling west.
72 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 60 — Tiptonville, Tennessee/Bixby Towhead — Panel #60 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
73 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 2 — Venice Louisiana/Fort Jackson, Louisiana/Fort St. Phillip — Panel #2 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
74 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 31 — Vicksburg — Panel #31 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
75 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — Waterproof, Louisiana/Ashland Landing, Mississippi — Panel # 27
On Island Drive.
76 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 13 — White Hall Plantation/Union, Louisiana/Point Houmas — Panel #13 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue.
77 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 34 — Willow Cutoff/Salem Crevasse/Goodrich Landing,Louisiana — Panel #34 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
78 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 33 — Young’s Point / Milliken’s Bend / Omega Landing — Panel #33 Mississippi Riverwalk
Near Island Drive, 0.8 miles south of West A.W. Willis Avenue when traveling south.
79 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis — 4E 94 — Zion Cemetery
On South Parkway East at Pillow Street, on the left when traveling east on South Parkway East.
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80 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Annesdale Park — 4E 92 — Annesdale Park Subdivision
On Vinton at Bellevue (U.S. 51), on the right when traveling west on Vinton.
81 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Audubon Park — Elvis Presley House
On Audubon Drive, 0.2 miles south of Park Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
82 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Audubon Park — Gen. James M. Kennedy Hospital
Near Getwell Road, 0.1 miles south of Park.
83 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Audubon Park — The Beginning
On North Park Loop, 0.4 miles south of Park Avenue and Getwell Road, on the left when traveling north.
84 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Audubon Park — The Player
On North Park Loop, 0.4 miles south of Park Avenue and Getwell Road, on the left when traveling east.
85 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Bartlett Corporate Park — Oak Grove Baptist Church
On Stage Road (U.S. 64) at Santa Valley Street on Stage Road.
86 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Binghampton — 199 — Joseph Hanover — Road to the 19th Amendment — National Votes for Women Trail —
On Broad Avenue at Merton Street, on the right when traveling east on Broad Avenue.
87 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Binghampton — 4E 181 — Rock of Ages Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
On Scott Street at Princeton Street, on the right when traveling north on Scott Street.
88 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Castalia Heights — Heiskell Farm
Near Cooper Street. Reported missing.
89 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Chickasaw Gardens — Clarence Saunders' "Pink Palace"
On Central Avenue.
90 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Colonial Acres — 4E 173 — Tragic Accident Sparks Sanitation Strike
On Colonial Road at Sea Isle Road, on the right when traveling north on Colonial Road.
91 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Cooper-Young — John B. Weatherall — Hero-Loved One — 1900-1953 —
On Oliver Ave..
92 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Cooper-Young — Johnny Cash — February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2003
On Cooper Street just north of Walker Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
93 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Cooper-Young — Johnny Cash's First Performance / Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
On Cooper Street at Walker Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Cooper Street.
94 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Cooper-Young — The Hiker — Spanish War Veterans — 1898-1902 —
On Central Ave at East Parkway South on Central Ave.
95 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Cordova — Bridgewater School
On Raleigh Lagrange Road, 0.3 miles Lagrange Hills, on the right when traveling south.
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96 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 128 Court Street
On Court Street.
97 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 1862 Post Office
On Adams Avenue, 0.1 miles east of North B.B. King Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
98 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — 1866 Memphis Massacre
On G.E. Patterson Avenue at South Second Street, on the right when traveling west on G.E. Patterson Avenue.
99 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — A-1 — 19th Century Architecture
On Gayoso Avenue at South Center Lane, on the left when traveling east on Gayoso Avenue.
100 Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Alma H. Law — 1875-1947
Near North Front Street at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

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May. 3, 2024