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Collierville Through the Years
Collierville, Tennessee is a charming suburb located southeast of the Memphis metropolitan area, and is the second oldest town in Shelby County. With a 2009 population of 44,304, its shops and well kept properties show the resident’s commitment to community pride.
Collierville is a suburb that has somehow retained its “old town community” feel even though it has enjoyed considerable retail expansion, and is a mostly upscale town filled with large homes. Its southern hospitality and rich history make it a great place to visit, and an even better place to live. Formally located on Poplar Pike in 1836, the settlement received its name from Jesse Collier.
Collierville was an early victim to “Sherman’s March to the Sea,” and was burned to the ground, but after the Civil War, the town was relocated when Harrison Irby and Virginus Leake purchased, divided and sold lots at the town’s present location. James B. Abington served as mayor for Collierville’s second incorporation on February 17, 1870. The Collierville Town Square, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, enhanced Collierville’s ability to become a progressive community, by becoming the business center of town. The Historic Town Square, also known as Confederate Park, continues to be the location for numerous civic events and celebrations including the Watermelon Festival, Fair on the Square, Mulberry Fine Arts Festival, Dickens on the Square, the Summer concert series, and numerous Collierville restaurants. The centerpiece of the Square today is an octagon-shaped gazebo which replaced the two-story 1876 bandstand that was destroyed in 1955 by a tornado.
In the 1900’s, Collierville experienced a time of great growth as it became the center of the cotton industry for adjoining counties, and by 1933, Collierville’s importance as a dairy center helped establish it as the cheese-making capital of West Tennessee.
Present day Collierville is home to the state-of-the-art Information Technology campus for Federal Express. Carrier, Pepsi, and several other manufacturing companies enjoy considerable success in Collierville as well. The newest arrivals to town are Collierville Baptist Hospital, and the Avenue at Carriage Crossing, which was opened in October 2005. This 800,000+ sq. ft. “outdoor mall” shopping center, features numerous retail stores as well as some the finest Collierville restaurants.
Thanks to the USDOT project linking Canada and Mexico within the United States, Collierville is shortly to join in the I-69 Highway plan, integrating Bill Morris Parkway.
Collierville was recently chosen as one of Relocate-America's Top 100 Places to Live in 2008. If you would like to learn more about dining experiences in Collierville, please visit http://ColliervilleRestaurants.net.
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