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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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Memphis, Tennessee	209
Memphis, Tennessee, United States canonical	113
City of Memphis	16
Downtown Memphis	6
City of Memphis, Tennessee	1
Memphis	1
Memphis (for Memphis Grizzlies)	1
Memphis riverfront	1
Memphis, Tennessee (fictional setting of film)	1
downtown Memphis	1

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

Referenced by (350)

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

Martin Luther King Jr. → placeOfDeath → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

Southern United States → hasMajorCity → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis

B. B. King → residence → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

FedEx → headquartersLocation → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

Aretha Franklin → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

Stax Museum of American Soul Music → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Tim McCarver → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

Tim McCarver → placeOfDeath → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

Martin → placeOfDeath → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

subject surface form: Martin Luther King Jr.

Sun Studio → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Sun Studio → tourismRegion → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Downtown Memphis

AutoZone → headquartersLocation → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Tigers → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Graceland → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Zoo → ownedBy → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Memphis

Memphis City Council → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis City Council → legislativeBodyFor → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis City Council → headquartersLocation → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Downtown Memphis

Paul Young → residence → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Paul Young → workLocation → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Paul Young → jurisdiction → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Memphis

Paul Young → employer → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Memphis

Paul Young → headOfGovernmentFor → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Paul Young → basedIn → 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

National Civil Rights Museum → near → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: downtown Memphis

Justin Timberlake → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

Memphis metropolitan area → centralCity → 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

Memphis metropolitan area → largestCity → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Shelby County, Tennessee → hasLargestCity → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Shelby County, Tennessee → contains → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Shelby County, Tennessee → hasJudicialSeat → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Sounds → location → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Pyramid → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Pyramid → owner → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Memphis

Lil Hardin Armstrong → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

Cindy Parlow Cone → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

Overton Park → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Overton Park → city → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Overton Park → governingBody → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Memphis

Overton Park → operator → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Memphis

Tom Lee Park → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee

Tom Lee Park → operator → 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

Tom Lee Park → partOf → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis riverfront

Elvis Presley → placeOfDeath → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

FedExForum → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Downtown Memphis

FedExForum → locatedIn → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee