Sylvan Heights

Sylvan Heights is a hamlet in Shelby, Tennessee. Sylvan Heights is situated nearby to the hamlet New Chelsea, as well as near the quarter Speedway Terrace.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Northside High School and Burkle Estate.

Northside High School

School

Northside High School was a high school in the Klondike neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee that closed in 2016. It was operated by Shelby County Schools and was previously in Memphis City Schools.

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. Burkle Estate is situated 1½ miles southwest of Sylvan Heights.

Mallory–Neely House

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Mallory–Neely House is a historic residence on 652 Adams Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It is located in the Victorian Village district of Memphis. It has been identified as one of numerous contributing properties in the historic district. Mallory–Neely House is situated 2½ miles southwest of Sylvan Heights.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Memphis and Harbor Town.

North Memphis

Suburb

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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. North Memphis is situated 1½ miles east of Sylvan Heights.

Harbor Town

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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. Harbor Town is situated 2 miles west of Sylvan Heights.

Hollywood

Hamlet

Hollywood is a neighborhood on the north side of Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Hollywood is situated 2½ miles east of Sylvan Heights.

Sylvan Heights

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Shelby, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.17648° or 35° 10′ 35″ north

Longitude

-90.01731° or 90° 1′ 2″ west

Elevation

240 feet (73 metres)

Open location code

867F5XGM+H3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 151853556

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4661462

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