Lenox is a

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. It is bounded by Central Avenue in the south, Union Avenue in the north, Cooper Street in the west and East Parkway South in the east. Prior to 1909, when it was annexed by the City of Memphis, Lenox was its own

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. Perhaps one of the most architecturally-significant landmarks in Lenox is Lenox School, which was an

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before being converted into

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s in 1981. Lenox is home to approximately 2,333 residents. The community reflects the diversity and vibrancy characteristic of Midtown Memphis. Lenox is part of a larger population of 1,337,779 people in the

Memphis metropolitan area The Memphis–Clarksdale–Forrest City Combined Statistical Area, TN–MS–AR (CSA) is the commercial and cultural hub of the Mid-South or Ark-Miss-Tenn. The census-defined combined statistical area covers eleven counties in three states, Tenne ...

. Over the past decade, the total population has seen a slight decline of 0.24%. Within this community, 63.4% of households are family households, with an average of 2.53 individuals per household.

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Neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee 1909 disestablishments in Tennessee Former municipalities in Tennessee {{ShelbyCountyTN-geo-stub