Timeline of Memphis, Tennessee

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Memphis, Tennessee, US.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 19th century

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19th century

The original plan for Memphis, as surveyed in 1819.
Historic aerial view of Memphis (1870)
Plan of the Memphis sewer system in 1880

20th century

1900s–1940s

Mississippi riverboats (1906)
Map of Memphis in 1911

1950s–1990s

Lorraine Motel, site of the 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination

21st century

Memphis skyline as seen from Poplar Avenue (2010)

See also

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