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White Station is a neighborhood in the east section of
"The seven cities absorbed by Memphis."
West Tennessee Historical Papers Vol. 8, p. 96 (1954). Also during the 1950s, White Station was annexed into Memphis and became one of the main neighborhoods of
White Station is a neighborhood in the east section of Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...
, United States, and is known for White Station High School
White Station High School is a four-year public high school located in Memphis, Tennessee.
White Station High is a member of the Shelby County Schools system and is recognized as one of the best high schools in the state of Tennessee. U.S. New ...
.History
White Station was located near the former site of ''White's Station'' (namesake also ofWhitehaven
Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It is th ...
), an historic railway station built in 1842 on the ''LaGrange and Memphis Railroad'' (later part of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad, completed in 1857, was the first railroad in the United States to link the Atlantic Ocean with the Mississippi River. Chartered in 1846, the gauge railroad ran from Memphis, Tennessee to Stevenson, Alabama t ...
), now part of the Norfolk Southern Railway
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...
. Until the 1950s White Station was near the eastern boundary of Memphis.Bejach, Lois"The seven cities absorbed by Memphis."
West Tennessee Historical Papers Vol. 8, p. 96 (1954). Also during the 1950s, White Station was annexed into Memphis and became one of the main neighborhoods of
East Memphis
East Memphis is a region of Memphis, Tennessee with several defined and informal subdivisions and neighborhoods such as Colonial Acres, White Station- Yates, Sherwood Forest, Normal Station, High Point Terrace, Belle Meade, Normandy Meadows, St ...
.Sources
*''Encyclopædia Britannica Atlas'', 1958 Edition, Plate 152. *''World book'', 1967 edition, Vol. 18, p. 113.References