Western Tennessee
Western Tennessee, more often known as West Tennessee, is the region of Tennessee west of the Tennessee River. The region also includes all of Hardin County, a rural county on the state's borders with Alabama and Mississippi that is bisected by the Tennessee River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Memphis and Jackson.
Memphis
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Memphis is the second largest city in the state of Tennessee, after Nashville. The state rests in the southeastern portion of the United States. Memphis, with a population of more than 651,000, is also the county seat for Shelby County.
Jackson
Jackson is a city in Western Tennessee that grew as a crossroads between various railroads in the four cardinal directions. It was the major commerce center of western Tennessee around the time of its founding in 1821 because Memphis had yet to emerge as a dominant community.
Paris
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Paris is a city of 10,000 people in Western Tennessee. Visitors come to see the 70-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower and for the "World's Biggest Fish Fry."…
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Brownsville and Bartlett.
Brownsville
Brownsville is a city in and the county seat of Haywood County, Tennessee, United States. Its population as of the 2020 census was 9,788. The city is named after General Jacob Jennings Brown, an American officer of the War of 1812.
Bartlett
Bartlett is a city in metropolitan Memphis, Tennessee. It has several buildings of historic interest, and a walkable Historic District". In 2018, the population of Bartlett was almost 60,000.
Union City
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Union City is a city in and the county seat of Obion County, Tennessee, United States. 11,170 people were living in the town as of the 2020 census. It is the principal urban settlement of the surrounding micropolitan area, which includes Obion County and Fulton County, Kentucky.
Savannah
Savannah is the county seat of Hardin County in Western Tennessee. It is a real Southern, conservative, Bible-belt type of town, so if that is your element, you'll be in heaven.
Western Tennessee
- Type: Grand Divisions of Tennessee
- Description: region in Tennessee, United States
- Also known as: “West Tennessee”
- Neighbors: Central Tennessee
- Location: Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
35.74° or 35° 44′ 24″ northLongitude of center
-88.78° or 88° 46′ 48″ westWikidata ID
Q7986638
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Satellite Map
Discover Western Tennessee from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Western Tennessee” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西田纳西”
- Italian: “Tennessee occidentale”
- Italian: “Western Tennessee”
- Japanese: “西部テネシー”
- Korean: “서부 테네시”
- Slovenian: “West Tennessee”
- Slovenian: “Zahodni Tennessee”
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