Wolfchase is a neighborhood located adjacent to the Bartlett city limits in northeastern

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Situated along the Mississippi River, it had a population of 633,104 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Tenne ...

, United States, and is a part of the

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. Its name is derived from its proximity to the Wolf River.

History

The area began to attract development in the late 1980s. It is home to the largest

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in the Memphis region, the Wolfchase Galleria, huge shopping areas, as well as many restaurants, and an Ikea. The area is centered and grew around the important intersections of Germantown Parkway with

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and Stage Road (

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). It is situated roughly between the Cordova area and the suburb of Bartlett. Confusing many visitors, a sign off I-40 labels the area as "Uptown Memphis". The area was referred to as "Uptown" before the recent revival of the Greenlaw neighborhood north of

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and its subsequent renaming to Uptown. Wolfchase was the furthest extent of the Memphis city limits at the time of development and was named "Uptown" as it lies on the opposite end of the city as "Downtown".

References

Neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee {{ShelbyCountyTN-geo-stub