Ask the Memphian: Where’s Tennessee’s western boundary? In Arkansas
Joanne Moore moved out of her house in Corona, Tennessee more than a decade ago, due to lack of usable water and increased flooding. Others have left the area, too, and she worries the river community’s history will be lost with the population. (Courtesy Lucas Dufalla/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
If questioned about the state’s western boundary, many Tennesseans might guess that it’s where dirt hits the Mississippi River, such as the bottom of the Memphis bluffs.
They would be wrong.
The middle of the river, then, with the western half of the waterway belonging to Arkansas and the eastern to Tennessee?
Again, nope.
The true western boundary of the state of Tennessee is in Arkansas.
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Jody Callahan
Jody Callahan graduated with degrees in journalism and economics from what is now known as the University of Memphis. He has covered news in Memphis for more than 25 years.
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