West Tennessee

West Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is mostly the western part of the state. The area includes 21 counties between the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers. Its geography consists primarily of flat lands with rich soil and vast floodplain areas of the Mississippi River. Of the three regions, West Tennessee is the most sharply defined geographically, and is the lowest-lying. It is both the least populous and smallest by land area, of the three Grand Divisions. It's biggest city is Memphis, the state's second most populated city.

Grand Division
Clockwise, from top left: The Memphis Pyramid, Graceland, Beale Street, Pinson Mounds, Shiloh National Military Park, Reelfoot Lake
The counties of Tennessee highlighted in red that are designated part of West Tennessee.
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
Largest city	Memphis
Area
• Land	27,600 km2 (10,650 sq mi)
Population  (2020)	1,557,649
• Density	56.47/km2 (146.26/sq mi)

Counties

There are 21 counties in West Tennessee.

• Benton
• Carroll
• Chester
• Crockett
• Decatur
• Dyer
• Fayette
• Gibson
• Hardeman
• Hardin
• Haywood
• Henderson
• Henry
• Lake
• Lauderdale
• Madison
• McNairy
• Obion
• Shelby
• Tipton
• Weakley

West Tennessee Media

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  Low's Map of Kentucky and neighboring Territories did not yet include West Tennessee, controlled by the Chickasaw Nation until 1818. From Low's Encyclopaedia

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  Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee was formed by the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes

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  Discovery Park of America in Union City, Tennessee.