Collierville, Tennessee Collierville, Tennessee Location in Shelby County and state of Tennessee.
Collierville is a town in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and a suburb positioned in the Memphis urbane area.
Collierville is a town of large homes and considerable retail expansion.
Smaller, older homes are still found in the heart of Collierville, mainly between Byhalia Road and Collierville-Arlington on the east and west and Shelton and Highway 72 on the north and south.
Collierville is home to the Avenue at Carriage Crossing, an 800,000+ sq ft shopping center which opened in October 2005.
Baptist Hospital, Collierville, serves the medical needs of the town's residents.
Collierville will turn into part of the Interstate 69 highway plan integrating Bill Morris Parkway (SR 385) as Interstate 269, part of this USDOT universal linking Canada and Mexico with the United States.
Collierville was chosen as one of Relocate-America's Top 100 Places to Live in 2008. In 2014, Collierville's historic town square was ranked by Parade Magazine as the "Best Main Street" in America. 1.1 Battle of Collierville 7.1 Collierville Schools There were two battles and two small skirmishes of the American Civil War that occurred late in 1863 at Collierville in Shelby County.
The first Battle of Collierville occurred on October 11, 1863.
Collierville was one of the garrisons established to protect the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
The Battle of Collierville on November 3 was the second Confederate cavalry raid that attempted to break up the Memphis and Charleston Railroad behind Maj.
Chalmers, dominant a cavalry division riding up from Mississippi, learned that only two Union regiments defended Collierville, he decided to attack.
Edward Hatch possessed more men than Chalmers supposed, stationed at Collierville and at Germantown, 5 miles (8 km) to the west.
Scouts warned Hatch of Chalmers's approach from the south, so he ordered Collierville's defenders to be prepared and rode from Germantown with cavalry reinforcements.
Collierville is positioned at 35 3 16 N 89 40 56 W (35.054366, -89.682306). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 24.6 square miles (64 km2), of which 24.5 square miles (63 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), or 0.41%, is water.
State Route 175 (Byhalia Road, Collierville Road, S Houston Levee Road, and E Shelby Drive) Collierville has a humid subtropical climate, with four distinct seasons.
Collierville is above the Tennessee state average for Tornado activity, and 188% of the average for the US. Historically, April is the month with the highest recurrence of tornadoes, though tornadoes have occurred every month of the year.
Collierville is sunny approximately 64% of the time.
Collierville receives around 55 inches of rainfaill every year. In the town, the populace was spread out with 33.4% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 32.4% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
By 2013, Collierville's total populace had grown to an estimated 46,568 citizens and the median homehold income had grown to $105,727 Collierville is home to many places of worship of various denominations.
Among them is Central Church, a non-denominational mega-church of almost 6000 members, the Catholic Church of the Incarnation with nearly 4,500 members, Collierville United Methodist Church with more than 3,400 members, and Collierville First Baptist Church with more than 3,200 members. Collierville is also home to various other Baptist churches, three United Methodist churches, one meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) serving two congregations, a several Presbyterian churches, and a several scattered Lutheran churches.
Of inhabitants 25 years of age and older, 96% have a high school diploma or higher, 51.8% have a bachelor's degree or higher, and 18.2% have a graduate or experienced degree. Of current students, 95.6% attend enhance schools, 4.4% attend private schools. Until 2014, Collierville was served by the Shelby County School District, which is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
On August 2, 2012, voters in the town overwhelmingly passed an ordinance establishing a separate school precinct for the town beginning in the 2013-2014 school year. It passed 10,615 (87%) to 1,519 (13%).
Collierville Schools is the new municipal school precinct serving the town/city of Collierville as of 2014.
Collierville Schools Collierville Elementary Collierville Middle School Collierville High School (named one of America's top high schools by Newsweek and US News) A new High School is presently under construction.
Some students may continue to be served by Houston High School (actually positioned in Germantown), which is in the Germantown Municipal School District Collierville Christian Academy George's Independent School - Collierville University of Memphis - Collierville Campus (classes starting in 2015) Morton Museum of Collierville Collierville's traditional destination for visitors is the Historic Square, in the center of downtown.
Fair on the Square and the annual Symphony in the Rose Garden both take place every May in Collierville. The Summer concert series at the historic Collierville town square kicks off the first week of June and lasts through the end of July. Collierville's Farmers Market is positioned in the parking lot of Collierville United Methodist Church at their 454 W Poplar Ave location.
Battle of Collierville for description of both battles of 1863, with links to commanders and units that fought there.
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"Stan Joyner -- Collierville Mayor".
Collierville, Tennessee Quick - Facts, United State Enumeration Bureau website.
"Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Enumeration Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Collierville town, Tennessee".
Battle Summary: Collierville, TN "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
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