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The city was the location of the now defunct Lakeland Amusement Park. The city was originally themed around the Lake now called Garner Lake. It had two railroads within the park property, including the 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge [5] Huff 'n' Puff Railroad and a separate 16 in (406 mm) miniature railway [6] [7] railroad made by the Allan Herschell Company.
The three regions are geographically and culturally distinct. [9] East Tennessee's landscape is dominated by the Appalachian mountain chain, including the Great Smoky Mountains on the eastern border of the state, the ridge-and-valley region where East Tennessee's principal cities (Knoxville, Chattanooga, and the Tri-Cities) are located, and the rugged Cumberland Mountains.
Gates is located at (35.839253, -89.407058 The town is concentrated around the intersection of State Routes 88 and 209, south of Halls and northeast of Ripley. Memphis lies approximately 65 miles (105 km) to the southwest.
Formerly a farm community, Whitehaven was developed as a residential suburban area of Memphis in the 1950s and early 1960s. In 1950, Whitehaven had a population of 1,311. [5] In 1960, Whitehaven had a population of 13,894. [6] On January 1, 1970, Whitehaven was forcefully annexed by the City of Memphis. [7]
Randolph, Tennessee was founded in the 1820s at the second Chickasaw Bluff upriver of Memphis; for a time it was a major competitor to Memphis for commerce along the Mississippi River. However, Randolph gradually lost commerce and influence to Memphis, particularly after it was bypassed by railroad construction.
The 2022 Liberty Bowl (officially known as the AutoZone Liberty Bowl for sponsorship reasons) was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2022, at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
Millington is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and is a part of the Memphis metropolitan area.As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 10,176. [6] ...
Time zone: UTC−6 • Summer : UTC−5 : Congressional districts ... Tipton County, founded in 1823, is part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area ...