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Tennessee's 9th Congressional District
Tennessee's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in West Tennessee, covering most of Memphis and its inner suburbs. It has been represented by Democrat Steve Cohen since 2007. The district was re-created as a result of the redistricting cycle after the 1980 census. The district is almost exclusively urban, due to its mostly cohabitant nature with Memphis. Memphis is recognized worldwide for being the hub for FedEx. Largely due to FedEx's presence, Memphis International Airport handles more cargo than any other airport in the country. Memphis is also known for blues music, Beale Street, and barbecue. It is the only majority minority congressional district in Tennessee. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+23, it is the only Democratic district in Tennessee. Since 1875, the area has sent mostly Democrats to Congress with the exception of a brief period from 1967 to 1975 when it was represented by Republican Dan Kuykendall. Current boundaries For t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 9
State Route 9 (SR 9) is a west-to-east state highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee that is long. It begins in Campbell County and ends in Cocke County. SR 9 is little-known by the general public by this designation as it is overlain by U.S. Route 25W and U.S. Route 25 east of Newport; the "9" designation is seen on mileposts. The entire route is located in East Tennessee. Despite running concurrent with a North-South US Route, Route 9 is signed as east-west. Route description Cocke County SR 9 begins as a primary highway in Cocke County at the North Carolina–Tennessee state line near Del Rio, concurrent with US 25/ US 70. US 25/US 70/SR 9 then goes through some curves and cross French Broad River via the Wolf Creek Bridge. They then begin running along the north bank of the French Broad and intersect and become concurrent with SR 107 and then enter Del Rio, where SR 107 separates. US 25/US 70/SR 9 continue northwest to intersect SR 340 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartlett, Tennessee
Bartlett is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 57,786 at the 2020 U.S. Census. History Bartlett, originally called "Union Depot", first served as the last major Tennessean depot along the westward stagecoach route from Nashville. It later shifted to serve as a rail station after the stagecoach route was replaced by the Memphis & Ohio Railroad. An agricultural community gradually emerged around the depot and subsequent station that saw little growth until after the American Civil War. The community saw quick growth during Reconstruction, and by 1886 was home to a school, two gristmills, three churches, several general stores, and about 300 inhabitants. It had been officially incorporated on November 1, 1866, with a population of less than 100 under the inaugural mayorship of Bryan Wither. The city derived its name from Major Gabriel M. Bartlett, a planter and pioneer settler of the area, whose homeplace was located on the old Raleigh-Somervill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 United States Presidential Election In Tennessee
The 2008 United States presidential election in Tennessee was held on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the United States Electoral College, Electoral College, who voted for President of the United States, president and Vice President of the United States, vice president. Republican Party (United States), Republican John McCain defeated Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Barack Obama in the state by 15 percentage points. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations had correctly predicted that McCain would easily carry the state, and virtually all polling indicated the same. Most news organizations called Tennessee for McCain immediately after the polls closed. McCain slightly improved upon George W. Bush's performance in 2004 United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2004, despite the nation as a whole trending significantly Democratic in 2008. This was the first t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randolph, Tennessee
Randolph is a rural Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Tipton County, Tennessee, Tipton County, Tennessee, United States, located on the banks of the Mississippi River. Randolph was founded in the 1820s and in 1827, the Randolph post office was established. In the 1830s, the town became an early center of river commerce in West Tennessee. Randolph shipped more cotton annually than Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis until 1840. In 1834, the first pastor of the United Methodist Church, Methodist congregation was appointed. The fortunes of the community began to decline in the late 1840s due to failed railroad development, an unfavorable mail route and other factors. The first Confederate States Army Fortification, fort in Tennessee was built at Randolph early in the American Civil War, Civil War in 1861, a second fortification at Randolph was constructed later that same year. During the Civil War, the town was burned down twice by Union Army forces. The settleme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munford, Tennessee
Munford is a city in Tipton County, Tennessee. The population was 5,927 at the 2010 census, when it was listed as a town. History Beginning as a small village which grew around the Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church in the early 1850s, it was officially named "Mt. Zion" after the opening of a post office there in 1856. This office closed in 1874, and in 1886 when Mt. Zion applied to the United States Post Office Department to have it reopened, the application was approved on the condition that it do so with a new name, to avoid confusion with Mt. Zion, Pennsylvania. At that time Pennsylvania was commonly abbreviated as "Penn" and Tennessee was commonly abbreviated "Tenn." The newly appointed Post Master G. B. Sale asked his daughter Lola to choose a name, and they agreed to name it after Colonel Richard Henry Munford (1807–1884) of Covington, Tennessee. The town was officially incorporated as "Munford" by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly in 1905, and Sterling Hicks Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilt Edge, Tennessee
Gilt Edge is a city in Tipton County, Tennessee, Tipton County, Tennessee. The population was 477 at the 2010 census and 456 in 2018, showing a decrease of 21. Geography Gilt Edge is located at (35.533724, -89.830447). It lies at the intersection of Tennessee State Route 59, State Route 59 and Tennessee State Route 178, State Route 178, approximately 10 miles southwest of downtown Covington, Tennessee, Covington, directly adjacent to Burlison, Tennessee, Burlison to the east, approximately 7 miles north of Munford, Tennessee, Munford, and approximately 4 miles east of the Mississippi River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (1.36%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 489 people, 190 households, and 145 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 198 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.77% White (U.S. Census), White, 0.41 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garland, Tennessee
Garland is a town in Tipton County, Tennessee. The population was 310 at the 2010 census. Geography Garland is located at (35.577189, -89.755768). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 309 people, 120 households, and 95 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 127 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.06% White, 0.32% African American, 1.29% Native American, and 0.32% from two or more races. There were 120 households, out of which 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.8% were married couples living together, 15.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.8% were non-families. 20.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 2.94. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covington, Tennessee
Covington is a city in central Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. Covington is the second largest city and county seat of Tipton County. The city is located in West Tennessee, east of the Mississippi River. The city's population was 9,038 at the time of the 2010 U.S. Census. Located northeast of Memphis, Covington is part of the Memphis, Tennessee Metropolitan Area. History The Covington area was originally inhabited by Native Americans of various tribes. They used the nearby Mississippi River as a trading route among numerous American Indian nations, who for more than 1,000 years conducted continent-deep trading between the upper river and the Southeast. Evidence of such trading has been found in materials and items excavated from numerous archeological sites. Tipton County is one of five present-day counties of the State of Tennessee that border the Mississippi River. The first Europeans to explore this area were attached to the noted expedition of the French Canadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burlison, Tennessee
Burlison is a town in Tipton County, Tennessee. The population was 425 at the 2010 census.Tennessee Department of Economic and Community DevelopmentCertified Population of Tennessee Incorporated Municipalities and Counties, State of Tennessee official website, July 14, 2011. Retrieved: December 6, 2013. Geography Burlison is located at (35.557142, -89.787010). The town lies along State Route 59 between Gilt Edge and Covington. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 453 people, 180 households, and 133 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 190 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 99.12% White, 0.44% African American, 0.22% Native American, and 0.22% from two or more races. There were 180 households, out of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.1% were married couples living togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton, Tennessee
Brighton is a town in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,735 at the 2010 census. History Brighton was established in the year 1873, along the newly completed tracts of the Memphis and Paducah Railroad upon the lands of A. W. Smith, Sr. who gave the initial five acres for the Depot grounds. The new town was named for Mr. Bright, the first conductor on the Memphis Division of the said road. The new town grew quickly. By the late 1870s, Brighton had two dry goods stores, three grocery stores, two saloons, two blacksmith shops, two wagon shops, one brick yard, one steam saw and grist mill, one steam cotton gin, a Baptist church, two physicians, and a population of approximately 100. In 1883, the veterans of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States of America made Brighton the permanent site of their annual reunion. At Brighton, the veterans reunion took on new dimensions and it grew into a reunion of all Confederate veterans of Tipton County and the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atoka, Tennessee
Atoka () is a local government area with a town charter in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. In 1888, Atoka was a stop on the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad. Today the City of New Orleans (train), City of New Orleans Amtrak passenger train makes its daily route between New Orleans and Chicago, through Atoka. The population was 10,008 at the 2020 census, making the Town of Atoka the largest municipality in Tipton County. Historians and genealogists can trace the Town of Atoka's origins back to the 1838 charter of Portersville. Atoka adopted Portersville's charter as its own. World War I Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Joseph B. Adkison lived in Atoka, and he is buried nearby. Five public parks exist within the town limits. The town has grown significantly since the 1990 United States census, 1990 census, at which time the population was only 659. Covington, Tennessee, Covington, the county seat, has the second largest population. History Origins From the fifti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipton County, Tennessee
Tipton County is a County (United States), county located on the western end of the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the Mississippi Delta region. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 60,970. Its county seat is Covington, Tennessee, Covington. Tipton County, founded in 1823, is part of the Memphis metropolitan area, Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Indian cultures From about 10,000 Common Era, BCE, Paleo-Indians and later Archaic period in the Americas, Archaic-Indians lived as communities of hunter-gatherers in the area that covers the modern day southern United States. From approximately 800 Common Era, CE to 1600 CE, the Mississippi Delta was populated by tribes of the Mississippian culture, a Mound builder (people), mound-building Native Americans in the United States, Native American people who had developed in the late Woodland period, Woodland Indian period. While there were chiefdoms and centers along the Mississippi an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
