Wolf River
The Wolf River is a 105-mile-long alluvial river in western Tennessee and northern Mississippi, whose confluence with the Mississippi River was the site of various Chickasaw, French, Spanish and American communities that eventually became Memphis, Tennessee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Las Casas River”, “Margot River”, “Rio Lobos”, “River of the Chicachas”, “Riviere a Margot”, “Riviere a Mayot”, and “Wolfe River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include General DeWitt Spain Airport and Burkle Estate.
General DeWitt Spain Airport
Aerodrome
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General DeWitt Spain Airport is a civil, public airport located five miles northwest of the central business district of Memphis, a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. It is owned and operated by the Memphis - Shelby County Airport Authority.
Burkle Estate
Museum
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The Burkle Estate is a historic home at 826 North Second Street in Memphis, Tennessee. It is also known as the Slavehaven. Although disputed by some historians, the Burkle Estate is claimed to have been part of the Underground Railroad – a secret network of way stations to help slaves escape to freedom in the northern states.
Hernando-DeSoto Bridge
Bridge
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The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a tied-arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee. Hernando-DeSoto Bridge is situated 2 miles south of Wolf River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harbor Town and Hopefield.
Harbor Town
Suburb
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Harbor Town is a new urbanist-style neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. Harbor Town sits atop 132 acres on a sandbar in the Mississippi River known as Mud Island.
Hopefield
Locality
Hopefield was a small community on the Mississippi River in Crittenden County, Arkansas. Its location is near or included within the current limits of the city of West Memphis, Arkansas. Hopefield is situated 2 miles southwest of Wolf River.
Beale Street
Neighborhood
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Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street, a distance of approximately 1.8 miles. It is a significant location in the city's history, as well as in the history of blues music. Beale Street is situated 3 miles south of Wolf River.
Wolf River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Shelby, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Wolf River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Wolf”
- Catalan: “Wolf”
- Cebuano: “Wolf River”
- Dutch: “Wolf River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر وولف”
- Finnish: “Wolf”
- French: “Rivière à Margot”
- French: “rivière Wolf”
- French: “Wolf”
- German: “Wolf River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Wolf”
- Japanese: “ウルフ川 (テネシー州)”
- Spanish: “Rio Wolf”
- Spanish: “río Wolf”
- Spanish: “Río Wolf”
- Spanish: “Wolf River”
- Venetian: “Wolf”
- Welsh: “Afon Wolf”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Loosahatchie Bar Dikes and Mississippi Greenbelt Park.
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