White Station, Memphis facts for kids

Clark Tower, a landmark in White Station.

White Station is a neighborhood in the east section of Memphis, Tennessee, United States, and is known for White Station High School.

History

White Station was located near the former site of White's Station (namesake also of Whitehaven), an historic railway station built in 1842 on the LaGrange and Memphis Railroad (later part of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad), now part of the Norfolk Southern Railway. Until the 1950s White Station was near the eastern boundary of Memphis. Also during the 1950s, White Station was annexed into Memphis and became one of the main neighborhoods of East Memphis.