Cherokee Creek
Cherokee Creek is a stream in Shelby, Tennessee. Cherokee Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Bellevue, as well as near Oakville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include FedExPark and Melrose High School.
FedExPark
Pitch
FedExPark is a baseball stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. It is the home field of the Memphis Tigers baseball team. The stadium holds 2,000 spectators and opened in 1972 as Nat Buring Stadium. FedExPark is situated 2½ miles northeast of Cherokee Creek.
Melrose High School
School
Melrose High School is a public high school located in Memphis, Tennessee, in the Orange Mound area, serving 1557 students in grades 9–12. It is served by Shelby County Schools. Melrose High School is situated 2 miles north of Cherokee Creek.
Messick High School
School
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Messick High School was a public high school in Memphis, Tennessee, established in 1908 and operated from 1909 to 1981. The main building was demolished in 1982, but Memphis City Schools used some other former Messick facilities to house the Messick Adult Education Center. Messick High School is situated 2½ miles north of Cherokee Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oakville and Orange Mound.
Oakville
Hamlet
Oakville was a community in Tennessee located just east of the current site of the Memphis International Airport. It was centered along the Route of US 78 just a little northeast of the intersection with Getwell Road.
Orange Mound
Suburb
Orange Mound is a neighborhood in southeastern Memphis, Tennessee. It was the first US neighborhood to be built by African Americans. Built on the grounds of the former Deaderick plantation, the Orange Mound subdivision was developed for African Americans in the 1890s to provide affordable land and residences for the less wealthy. Orange Mound is situated 2½ miles northwest of Cherokee Creek.
Parkway Village
Suburb
Parkway Village is a predominantly African-American community in southeast Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Parkway Village is bounded by Getwell Road and Lamar Avenue on the west, Winchester Road on the south, I-240 on the north, and Mendenhall Road on the east. Parkway Village is situated 3 miles east of Cherokee Creek.
Cherokee Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Shelby, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.07704° or 35° 4′ 37″ northLongitude
-89.9537° or 89° 57′ 13″ westElevation
223 feet (68 metres)Open location code
867G32GW+RGGeoNames ID
4612931
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