Location in Shelby County and state of Tennessee.
Location in Shelby County and state of Tennessee.
Lakeland is a town/city in Shelby County, Tennessee, and a suburb of Memphis.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 18.0 square miles (47 km2), of which 17.6 square miles (46 km2) is territory and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) (2.33%) is water.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 37.2% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $58,897, and the median income for a family was $64,444.
About 2.2% of families and 3.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 4.4% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.
Lakeland is Served by the Lakeland School System ( LSS ) Arlington Middle School (A new middle school for Lakeland is scheduled to open in 2017.)) Arlington High School Lakeland only has one school inside its town/city limits, therefore students in grades ( 6-12 ) attend Arlington schools for middle and high schools.
The town/city was the locale of the now defunct Lakeland Amusement Park.
It had two barns s inside the park property, including the 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge Huff 'n' Puff Railroad and a separate 16 in (406 mm) miniature stockyards barns made by the Allan Herschell Company.
"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".
Website with picture of Lakeland Amusement Park's lesser barns Allan Herschell catalog with model of Lakeland Amusement Park's lesser barns listed Lakeland, Tennessee is at coordinates 35 13 50 N 89 44 25 W.
Lakeland's Racing Past: Lakeland International Raceway Municipalities and communities of Shelby County, Tennessee, United States
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