Memphis Lake

Memphis Lake is a lake in Shelby, Tennessee. Memphis Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Chickasaw Gardens, as well as near the locality Aulon.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and East High School.

Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium

Stadium

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Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, originally named Memphis Memorial Stadium, and later Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, is a football stadium located at the former Mid-South Fairgrounds in the Midtown area of Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

East High School

School

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East High School is a public four-year magnet high school located in Memphis, Tennessee. East originally opened in 1948, as a K–12 school, and became exclusively a high-school in 2008.

Mid-South Coliseum

Historic building

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Mid-South Coliseum is a defunct indoor arena in Memphis, Tennessee. The facility was opened in 1964, and became known "The Entertainment Capitol of the Mid-South" due its significance in hosting events such as concerts, sports games and professional wrestling shows.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chickasaw Gardens and Orange Mound.

Chickasaw Gardens

Hamlet

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Chickasaw Gardens is an established upscale neighborhood in midtown Memphis, Tennessee.

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 1½ miles south of Memphis Lake.

Binghampton

Quarter

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Binghampton is a neighborhood on an edge of Midtown in Memphis, Tennessee. It is named after W. H. Bingham, an Irish immigrant, hotelier, planter, magistrate, politician, and entrepreneur who founded a town to the east and slightly north of the Memphis city limits in 1893. Binghampton is situated 1½ miles north of Memphis Lake.

Memphis Lake

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Shelby, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.12783° or 35° 7′ 40″ north

Longitude

-89.96167° or 89° 57′ 42″ west

Elevation

266 feet (81 metres)

Open location code

867G42HQ+48

GeoNames ID

4641255

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