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West Memphis is the largest city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States.The population was 24,520 at the 2020 census, [3] ranking it as the state's 20th largest city.
The West Memphis Commercial Historic District encompasses the largest concentration of historic commercial buildings in the central business district of West Memphis, Arkansas. The district extends along East Broadway (United States Route 70) between 7th and 10th Streets, and includes 22 historic buildings. Most of these buildings were built ...
Crittenden County and West Memphis jointly operate a port on the Mississippi River. [28] The International Port of Memphis lies just across the Mississippi River via Interstate 55 . The International Port of Memphis is the 4th largest inland port in the United States.
The West Tennessee Historical Society traces its history back to the Old Folks of Shelby County, a historical society founded in 1857. The Old Folks of Shelby County later became part of the Confederate Relief and Historical Association, which was founded in 1866 and reorganized twice, first into the Confederate Historical Association in 1869 and then into Camp 28 in 1884.
The West Memphis Three are three freed men convicted as teenagers in 1994 of the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, United States. Damien Echols was sentenced to death , Jessie Misskelley Jr. to life imprisonment plus two 20-year sentences, and Jason Baldwin to life imprisonment.
Zack T. Bragg (October 16, 1888 – July 24, 1967) was a co-founder and first mayor of the city of West Memphis, Arkansas.. Being one of the first settlers of the area, moving from Utica, Mississippi, to Crittenden County, Arkansas, in 1905.
926 E. McLemore Ave.; staxmuseum.com The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is the world’s only museum dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy of Stax Records and American soul music ...
The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a tied-arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee.The design is a continuous cantilevered cable-stayed steel through arch, with bedstead endposts.