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Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, situated on the Mississippi River with a 2020 population of 633,104, making it Tennessee's second-largest city and the 28th-most populous in the U.S., anchoring a metropolitan area of 1.34 million residents. Founded in 1819 by John Overton, James Winchester, and Andrew Jackson on the Chickasaw Bluffs, the city became one of the largest Antebellum Southern cities due to its strategic river location and cotton-based economy, which persisted through hardwood industries after the Civil War. Memphis played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement, marked by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination there in 1968 and now home to the National Civil Rights Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate. The city is a leading transportation and logistics hub, with FedEx operating its global air hub at Memphis International Airport, one of the world's busiest cargo airports, alongside the nation's fifth-busiest inland water port. Memphis is renowned for its music heritage centered on Beale Street and the development of blues, soul, rock and roll, and hip-hop, featuring cultural landmarks including Graceland, Sun Studio, and the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, and is also famous for its barbecue tradition and is home to the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies. Collierville is a town in Shelby County, Tennessee, located in the Memphis metropolitan area, and with a 2020 census population of 51,324, it is the third-largest municipality in the county. Founded in 1836 by businessman Jesse R. Collier, the town was the site of two significant Civil War battles on October 11 and November 3, 1863, defended by Major-General William T. Sherman and Colonel Edward Hatch against Confederate General James Chalmers's attacks, though the settlement was severely damaged during the war and rebuilt beginning in 1870. Downtown Collierville is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and its historic town square was named "Best Main Street" in America by Parade magazine in 2014. The town features the Carriage Crossing shopping mall and experienced substantial economic expansion during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, now boasting a high quality of life supported by Collierville Schools. With a humid subtropical climate featuring hot summers and mild autumns, Collierville is served by Interstate 269, U.S. Route 72, and multiple state routes across its 24.6 square miles. Arlington is a town in Shelby County, Tennessee, one of seven municipalities in the county, with a population of 14,549 at the 2020 census, representing 26.33% growth since 2010. Originally inhabited by the Chickasaw Nation, the area was established as Shelby County in 1819 and developed as Haysville following the 1856 construction of Withe Depot on land donated by General Samuel J. Hays, a nephew of President Andrew Jackson, which became a critical cotton shipping point on the Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad. The town was officially incorporated as Haysville in 1878 and reincorporated as Arlington in 1900, with streets later named after notable figures including Bishop Charles Quintard, President Andrew Jackson, Colonel Robert I. Chester, and General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The community's economy was historically centered on agriculture, particularly cotton farming, with the railroad providing essential connectivity to Memphis for residents commuting to work and school via a local train known as "The Accommodation." Arlington is governed by a Board of Mayor and Aldermen under a general law Mayor-Aldermanic charter, with Mayor Mike Wissman serving since his election in September 2011.