Memphis, Tennessee, United States

E2650
city county seat

Memphis, Tennessee, United States is a major city on the Mississippi River known for its pivotal role in the American civil rights movement and as a historic center of blues, soul, and rock 'n' roll music.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Memphis, Tennessee 37
City of Memphis 10
Downtown Memphis 4

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains National Civil Rights Museum ⓘ
surface form: Lorraine Motel
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateFounded 1819 ⓘ
demonym Memphian ⓘ
foundedBy Andrew Jackson ⓘ
James Winchester ⓘ
John Overton ⓘ
governingBody Memphis City Council ⓘ
governmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasLandmark Beale Street ⓘ
FedExForum ⓘ
Graceland ⓘ
Hernando de Soto Bridge ⓘ
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium ⓘ
Memphis Pyramid ⓘ
Memphis Zoo ⓘ
National Civil Rights Museum ⓘ
Overton Park ⓘ
Stax Museum of American Soul Music ⓘ
Sun Studio ⓘ
Tom Lee Park ⓘ
historicalEvent assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1826 ⓘ
is county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ
largest city in Tennessee by population ⓘ
knownFor American civil rights movement history ⓘ
barbecue cuisine ⓘ
blues music ⓘ
logistics and shipping industry ⓘ
rock and roll music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
locatedIn Shelby County, Tennessee ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
locatedOn Mississippi River ⓘ
majorAirport Memphis International Airport ⓘ
majorCompanyHeadquarters AutoZone ⓘ
FedEx ⓘ
International Paper ⓘ
mayor Paul Young ⓘ
metroPopulation approximately 1.3 million (2020s) ⓘ
musicHeritage home of Memphis blues ⓘ
home of Stax Records ⓘ
home of Sun Records ⓘ
important center for early rock and roll ⓘ
namedAfter ancient city of Memphis ⓘ
surface form: Memphis, Egypt
partOf Memphis metropolitan area ⓘ
population approximately 633,000 (2020 census) ⓘ
sisterCity New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana

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Yokohama ⓘ
surface form: Yokohama, Japan
sportsTeam Memphis Grizzlies ⓘ
Memphis Tigers ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (76)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frederick W. Smith → basedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Paul Young → basedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis metropolitan area → centralCity → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Overton Park → city → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis International Airport → cityServed → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Interstate 55 → connectsCity → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Shelby County, Tennessee → contains → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis metropolitan area → containsCity → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis metropolitan area → containsPrincipalCity → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Paul Young → employer → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Memphis
Church of God in Christ → foundingPlace → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Overton Park → governingBody → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Memphis
Shelby County, Tennessee → hasJudicialSeat → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Shelby County, Tennessee → hasLargestCity → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Southern United States → hasMajorCity → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis
1966 Meredith March Against Fear → hasStartPoint → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
FDX → hasUnderlyingHeadquartersLocation → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Paul Young → headOfGovernmentFor → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
AutoZone → headquartersLocation → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Church of God in Christ → headquartersLocation → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
FedEx → headquartersLocation → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Memphis City Council → headquartersLocation → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Downtown Memphis
Paul Young → jurisdiction → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Memphis
Memphis metropolitan area → largestCity → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis City Council → legislativeBodyFor → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
FedExForum → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Downtown Memphis
FedExForum → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Graceland → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis Pyramid → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis Tigers → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
National Civil Rights Museum → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Overton Park → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Soulsville, USA → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Stax Museum of American Soul Music → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Sun Studio → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Tom Lee Park → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis City Council → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis Grizzlies → location → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis Sounds → location → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Stax Records → location → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Tennessee Supreme Court → location → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
National Civil Rights Museum → near → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: downtown Memphis
Overton Park → operator → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Memphis
Tom Lee Park → operator → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Memphis
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium → ownedBy → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Memphis
Memphis Zoo → ownedBy → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Memphis
FedExForum → owner → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Memphis
Memphis Pyramid → owner → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Memphis
Tom Lee Park → owner → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Memphis
Beale Street → partOf → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Downtown Memphis