Shelby Forest is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Shelby County,

Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

, United States. The area is located roughly twelve miles north of

Downtown Memphis Downtown Memphis is the central business district of Memphis, Tennessee, and is located along the Mississippi River between Interstate 40 to the north, Interstate 55 to the south, and Interstate 240 (Tennessee), Interstate 240 to the east, where ...

, just west of the Millington area and north of Frayser. The area includes the former communities of Benjestown, Locke, Cuba, and Woodstock each previously maintaining their own post office.

Education

The Shelby Forest community is serviced by Shelby County Schools, including

Millington Central High School Millington Central Middle High School (formerly known as Millington Central High School MCHS) is a public school (Educational stages, grades 7–12 formerly grades 9–12) located in southern Millington, Tennessee, United States, and is a part o ...

. Millington Central High School is operated by the Millington Municipal School District.

Recreation

Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park is adjacent to the community and provides many activities. Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park covers and is the most visited state park in Tennessee. It also meets up with the Mississippi River, and has a boat ramp.

Notable people

Justin Timberlake Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and dancer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Prince of Pop", ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' honored him as the b ...

grew up in the Shelby Forest community. *

Al Green Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946), known professionally as Al Green, is an American singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer. He is best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including " Tired of ...

also resides here.

References

Unincorporated communities in Shelby County, Tennessee Memphis metropolitan area Populated places established in 1830 1830 establishments in Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{ShelbyCountyTN-geo-stub