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Ellendale, Tennessee
Ellendale, Tennessee is located in Tennessee
Ellendale, Tennessee
Ellendale, Tennessee
Location in Tennessee
Ellendale, Tennessee is located in the United States
Ellendale, Tennessee
Ellendale, Tennessee
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Shelby
Elevation
305 ft (93 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38029
Area code(s) 901
GNIS feature ID 1283661

Ellendale is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, in the Memphis metropolitan area.

History

The first railroad to Shelby County was the Memphis & Ohio Railroad, stretching from Memphis to Paris, Tennessee in 1856. In 1872, the Louisville & Nashville, or L&N Railroad, bought the Memphis & Ohio Railroad and sponsored a contest to rename the community near Bond's Station depot. "Ellendale" was chosen as a play-on-words of the abbreviation L&N.

Location

Ellendale appears on the United States Geological Survey map, bordered on the north by the community of Brunswick, on the west by the neighborhood of Raleigh on the south by the city of Bartlett, and on the east by the city of Lakeland.

Ellendale has a post office with ZIP code 38029.

Demographics

Ellendale has a population of 25,882 with a density of 2,051 per square mile. The median age is 35.

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