Ellendale is an
unincorporated community
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in
Shelby County,
Tennessee
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, United States, in the
Memphis metropolitan area.
History
The first railroad to Shelby County was the Memphis & Ohio Railroad, stretching from Memphis to
Paris, Tennessee
Paris is a city in and the county seat of Henry County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 10,316.
A replica of the Eiffel Tower stands in the southern part of Paris.
History
The present site of Pari ...
in 1856. In 1872, the Louisville & Nashville, or L&N Railroad, bought the Memphis & Ohio Railroad and sponsored a contest to rename the community near Bond's Station depot. "Ellendale" was chosen as a play-on-words of the abbreviation L&N. According to a source, it appears that Ellendale was eventually annexed by Bartlett in 1977.
Location
Ellendale appears on the
United States Geological Survey
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map, bordered on the north by the community of
Brunswick, on the west by the neighborhood of
Raleigh
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, on the south by the city of
Bartlett, and on the east by the city of
Lakeland.
Ellendale has a
post office
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with
ZIP code 38029.
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Demographics
Ellendale has a population of 25,882 with a density of 2,051 per square mile. The median age is 35.
References
Unincorporated communities in Shelby County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
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