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.

Tom Lee Park → partOf → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis riverfront
U.S. Route 70 → passesNear → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Aretha Franklin → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Cindy Parlow Cone → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Ginnifer Goodwin → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Justin Timberlake → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Lil Hardin Armstrong → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Mary Church Terrell → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Morgan Freeman → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Olivia Cole → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Tim McCarver → placeOfBirth → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Albert King → placeOfDeath → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Elvis Presley → placeOfDeath → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. → placeOfDeath → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Martin → placeOfDeath → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Martin Luther King Jr.
Tim McCarver → placeOfDeath → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Memphis Grizzlies → relocatedTo → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Albert King → residence → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
B. B. King → residence → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
C. L. Franklin → residence → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Frederick W. Smith → residence → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Ida B. Wells → residence → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
Paul Young → residence → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Amtrak City of New Orleans route → servesCity → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Sun Studio → tourismRegion → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Downtown Memphis
Paul Young → workLocation → Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Memphis, Tennessee