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History of Bartlett, Tennessee

Bartlett is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee and a suburb of the Memphis metropolitan area. The population was 40,543 at the 2000 census.

The community from which the City of Bartlett grew was first called Union Depot. It was the last major way station in Tennessee along the stagecoach route from Nashville westward and came into being about 1829. When the Memphis & Ohio Railroad took the place of the stages, Bartlett continued as a depot.

This was a farming community, with major plantations along Stage Road.