West Tennessee

West Tennessee
Grand Division
Clockwise, from top left: The Memphis Pyramid, Graceland, Beale Street, Pinson Mounds, Shiloh National Military Park, Reelfoot Lake
Nickname(s):  West TN, West Tenn.
The counties of Tennessee highlighted in red that are designated part of West Tennessee.
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Largest city	Memphis
Area
• Land	27,600 km2 (10,650 sq mi)
Population  (2020)	1,557,649
• Density	56.47/km2 (146.26/sq mi)
Demonym	West Tennessean

West Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is mostly the western part of the state.^[1] The area includes 21 counties between the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers.^[2] Its geography consists primarily of flat lands with rich soil and vast floodplain areas of the Mississippi River.^[1][3] Of the three regions, West Tennessee is the most sharply defined geographically, and is the lowest-lying.^[4] It is both the least populous and smallest by land area, of the three Grand Divisions. Its biggest city is Memphis, the state's second most populated city.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Tennessee | Capital, Map, Population, History, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
2. ↑ "Tennessee Blue Book 2015-2016" (PDF). sos.tn.gov. Nashville: Tennessee Secretary of State. 2015. p. 639. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
3. ↑ "West Region". www.tn.gov. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
4. ↑ "Tennessee Culture - Tennessee History - Grand Divisions - THS". Tennessee Historical Society. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2019-10-15.