Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city located in and the county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee. The city ranks 20 in the largest U.S. cities, and is the largest city in Tennessee as well as the largest on the Mississippi River. As of 2012, the population was 655,155. The Memphis Metro Area, which extends into Arkansas and Mississippi, had 1,316,100 residents as of the 2010 census. The city's name comes from the city of Memphis in Egypt.