Ellendale, Tennessee
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Ellendale, Tennessee | |
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  Ellendale, Tennessee  Ellendale, Tennessee | |
| Coordinates: 35°13′50″N 89°49′33″W / 35.23056°N 89.82583°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Shelby |
| Elevation | 305 ft (93 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 38029 |
| Area code | 901 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1283661[1] |
Ellendale is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, in the Memphis metropolitan area.
The first railroad to Shelby County was the Memphis & Ohio Railroad, stretching from Memphis to Paris, Tennessee in 1856. In 1872, the Louisville & Nashville, or L&N Railroad, bought the Memphis & Ohio Railroad and sponsored a contest to rename the community near Bond's Station depot. "Ellendale" was chosen as a play-on-words of the abbreviation L&N.[2] According to a source, it appears that Ellendale was eventually annexed by Bartlett in 1977.[3]
