Overton Bayou

Overton Bayou is a stream in Shelby, Tennessee. Overton Bayou is situated nearby to the suburb North Memphis, as well as near the hamlet Hollywood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and Circuit Playhouse.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is an art museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The Brooks Museum, which was founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee. Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is situated 1½ miles south of Overton Bayou.

Circuit Playhouse

Theater building

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Circuit Playhouse is a theater building, which is situated 2½ miles south of Overton Bayou.

Playhouse on the Square

Theater building

Playhouse on the Square is a regional theatre company located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is owned by Circuit Playhouse, Inc, which operates two other Memphis theaters. Playhouse on the Square is situated 2½ miles south of Overton Bayou.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Memphis and Hollywood.

North Memphis

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

North Memphis is one of the five defined districts of Memphis, Tennessee. It includes smaller neighborhoods such as Klondike, New Chicago, Douglass, Hyde Park, Hollywood, Nutbush, Binghampton, Smokey City, Scutterfeld, Frayser, and Raleigh.

Hollywood

Hamlet

Hollywood is a neighborhood on the north side of Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

Binghampton

Quarter

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 southeast of Overton Bayou.

Overton Bayou

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Shelby, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

35.16759° or 35° 10′ 3″ north

Longitude

-89.98981° or 89° 59′ 23″ west

Elevation

223 feet (68 metres)

Open location code

867G5296+23

GeoNames ID

4647544

This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Overton Bayou from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as New Chelsea and Sylvan Heights.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include University Park and Gooch Park.

Tennessee: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.

Curious Streams to Discover

Uncover intriguing streams from every corner of the globe.