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Memphis (inhabited place) |
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| Lat: 35 08 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.1333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 090 02 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -90.0333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Mississippi river; expanded as trade center for cotton; Confederate military center during Civil War; Yellow Fever devastated residents in 1870s & economy declined; WW II stimulated growth; site of assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King. |
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Shelby (county) (P) |
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Memphis (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was site of Chickasaw Indian village, later a United States fort, town founded in 1840 |
| agricultural center (C) |
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for livestock, poultry, soybeans, vegetables & forestry |
| city (C) |
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chartered in 1849 |
| commercial center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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known for home of blues & where Elvis recorded his first songs |
| educational center (C) |
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site of Rhodes College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Christian Brothers College & University of Memphis |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for cotton, hardwood lumber, chemicals, agricultural machinery, pharmaceuticals, rubber products, textiles, paper & furniture |
| battlefield (H) |
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June 1862 |
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