Millington, Tennessee Millington, Tennessee Location in Shelby County and state of Tennessee Location in Shelby County and state of Tennessee Millington is a town/city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.
As of the 2010 census, it had a populace of 10,176. Millington is the home of the Memphis International Raceway.
It was granted the title "Flag City Tennessee" by the Tennessee State Legislature.
The Naval Support Activity Mid-South is positioned at the former Memphis Naval Air Station, which was downsized in 1993.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.6 square miles (40 km2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2), or 0.13%, is water.
The town/city is positioned in the Memphis Metropolitan Area, about 9 miles (14 km) north of Memphis.
Millington is close to the Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park, Fort Pillow State Park, and the Mississippi River.
The book Millington, The First Hundred Years by Faye Ellis Osteen and presented by the Millington Centennial Committee outlines the history of Millington from its beginnings to the present.
George Millington donated a large region of territory to a group of pioneer for the purpose of starting a town.
Millington was officially chartered by the State of Tennessee in 1903.
In 1917 the US military began its initial existence in Millington.
It was not until 1942, with the outbreak of World War II that the military would renew its interest in Millington.
This company brought undivided communications to Millington and the encircling region.
At the outset of World War II the US Navy established the current airport as a training facility for Navy pilots.
Consistently for many decades over 15,000 military personnel were assigned to Millington.
In the 1980s the Base Realignment and Closure Commission began the process of downsizing the Millington Navy facility.
Flight training was moved out of Millington.
In 1993 the Millington Regional Jetport was opened as a general aviation airport.
Millington is home to the Naval Support Activity Mid-South (NAVSUPPACT) naval station, one of the biggest single employers in the state of Tennessee, with approximately 6000 military, civilian, and contractor employees on 1,950 acres (7.9 km2).
The naval base hosts many tenant organizations, prominently the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS).
Formerly known as the Naval Air Station (NAS) Memphis, a primary technical training center for the United States Navy and Marine Corps comprising over 3,800 acres (15 km2), the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission report resulted in momentous shifts to the base's mission and its re-designation in 1995 as the Naval Support Activity Memphis.
The airfield was turned over to the town/city of Millington, which is now the Millington Regional Jetport.
In 1998, the name of the naval air station was changed to Naval Support Activity Mid-South to better reflect its current mission and the Navy's approach to regionalization.
Many military retirees, who live in and around Millington in order to have access to base facilities, contribute to the small-town economy.
This site was originally established in November 1917 as Park Field, an Army Signal Corps Aviation School used to train pilots for service with the Allied Forces amid World War I.
Just as the onset of World War I had given Park Field its birth in 1917, the declaration of war on December 8, 1941, had similar results, heralding the arrival of naval aviation to the Memphis area.
In February 1942, the Navy Shore Station Development Board recommended approval of a reserve aviation base on the former site of Park Field.
The Naval Training Station was commissioned along with the Naval Reserve Aviation Base in 1942.
On January 1, 1943 the name was changed from Naval Reserve Aviation Base to Naval Air Station Memphis.
The chief part of Naval Air Station Memphis was to furnish aviation maintenance and pilot training.
During this reconstructionof time more than 20,000 students were trained annually. Pilot training for Student Naval Aviators was discontinued after World War II, but NAS Memphis continued to thrive as home of Naval Air Technical Training Center Memphis (NATTC Memphis), providing initial and advanced technical training to various aviation operations, aviation maintenance and aviation support specialities coded under Navy enlisted aviation ratings and Marine Corps enlisted aviation Military Occupational Specialities.
Training activities by these "A" Schools and "C" Schools at NATTC Memphis continued until 1993 when BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure Commission) recommended that the training schools under NATTC transfer to NAS Pensacola, Florida and occupy spaces being vacated by the former Naval Aviation Depot Pensacola (NADEP Pensacola) that was also being closed by BRAC action.
During the same time reconstruction - BRAC also recommended that BUPERS (Bureau of Naval Personnel) move from Virginia to Millington.
Millington is chartered by the State of Tennessee under a City Manager form of government.
Millington is served by Millington Municipal Schools , which has 4 schools in its district.
E.A Harold Elementary and Millington Elementary are the district's elementary schools.
Millington Middle School is the district's middle school and Millington Central High School is the district's high school.
Since then it has hosted various other affairs at the stadium like 171 International Games, 18 Service Academy Spring Classics, 8 Gulf South Conference Baseball Championships, 17 USA Classic National High School Tournaments, 16 NJCAA Division I World Series, 11 USA Teams, 4 TSSAA High School State Championships, and 18 foreign countries: Argentina, Aruba, Canada, China, Cuba, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Mongolia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, USSR (Russia), and Venezuela.
The Millington Family YMCA is notable for its 25-yard, 8-lane indoor pool and outside water park.
Millington golf courses include Glen Eagle Golf Course, Edmund Orgill Park Golf Course, and the Mirimichi Golf Course, the last of which was owned by Justin Timberlake.
Jameson Park, Oak Park, Miles Park, Lions Park, and Aycock Park are all parks found in Millington.
The Millington Star is the small-town improve newspaper.
The town/city is served by Millington Airport, which has the third biggest runway in the State of Tennessee.
On Saturday, May 1, 2010, and Sunday, May 2, 2010, a similar flood ensued causing a massive displacement to inhabitants in the Shady Oaks Mobile Home Community and other parts of Millington.
One hundred forty six of those citizens were inhabitants of the Millington Navy Base.
"Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Enumeration Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Millington city, Tennessee".
"Millington Family YMCA".
"Millington Golf Courses".
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