Overview
Bartlett is a city in metropolitan Memphis, Tennessee. It has several buildings of historic interest, and a walkable Historic District". In 2018, the population of Bartlett was almost 60,000. The Trail of Tears runs along Stage Road through the city. It commemorates the forced relocations between 1830 and 1850 of approximately 60,000 Native Americans from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern U.S. to areas west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory.
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Best things about Bartlett
Nicholas Gotten House
This building is named after a Confederate veteran and has since begun housing a museum.
Center of Shelby County
Feel like being in the center of things? There is a sign and gardens marking the location.
The John H. McFadden House
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Davies Manor Plantation
A historic property that includes the oldest log home in Shelby County open to the public, 32 acres of plantation land, and numerous outbuildings. These outbuildings range from a tenant cabin to a commissary, a gristmill…
Nicholas Gotten House
It houses the Bartlett Museum, a local history museum operated by the Bartlett Historical Society. The white frame structure was built by Nicholas Gotten in 1871 in the New England saltbox style. A saltbox is a wooden fr…
Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: Mar–May, Sep–Nov. Summer highs reach about 92°F; winter lows dip to about 33°F. Very hot (Jul, Aug) — plan outdoor time for mornings. Wettest: Apr and Mar. (climate data from nearby Memphis)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- MEM Frederick W. Smith International Airport, Memphis — 13 mi away (major hub). Directions
- MKL McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport, Jackson — 60 mi away. Directions
From Memphis, drive along U.S. Interstate 40 northeast, and you will go along the southern side of the city. To get to the downtown region, you can go on U.S. 64 (Stage Road) from the interstate.
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Sample 2-day itinerary
Day 1
- Morning Center of Shelby County, Stanky Creek Trails
- Lunch Side Porch Steakhouse
- Afternoon The John H. McFadden House, Nicholas Gotten House
Day 2
- Morning Nicholas Gotten House, Davies Manor Plantation
- Afternoon Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center
Stops are grouped by area so each day needs little backtracking. Check opening hours before you go.
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History
The community from which the city of Bartlett grew was first called Union Depot and Green Bottom. It was the last major way station in Tennessee along the stagecoach route from Nashville westward and came into being about 1830. 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.
On November 1, 1866, with a population of less than a hundred, it was incorporated as a city and the name was changed to Bartlett. Upon incorporation, Bryan Wither was named the city's inaugural mayor. It was named for Major Gabriel M. Bartlett, a planter, whose homeplace was on the old Raleigh-Somerville Road (Stage Road) which is now Bartlett Station Plaza. Bartlett grew rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s largely due to white people leaving Memphis.
Get in
From Memphis, drive along U.S. Interstate 40 northeast, and you will go along the southern side of the city. To get to the downtown region, you can go on U.S. 64 (Stage Road) from the interstate.
Get around
The city has quite a suburban feel, having many of the wide boulevards common in modern American towns and cities, and developments between those boulevards.
See
See Center of Shelby County
Feel like being in the center of things? There is a sign and gardens marking the location.
See Nicholas Gotten House
This building is named after a Confederate veteran and has since begun housing a museum.
See Davies Manor Plantation
A historic property that includes the oldest log home in Shelby County open to the public, 32 acres of plantation land, and numerous outbuildings. These outbuildings range from a tenant cabin to a commissary, a gristmill to an outhouse. The property has several gardens, including a kitchen garden and a medicinal herb garden. There is a walking tour and nature trails available for visitors who love the outdoors.
See Nicholas Gotten House
It houses the Bartlett Museum, a local history museum operated by the Bartlett Historical Society. The white frame structure was built by Nicholas Gotten in 1871 in the New England saltbox style. A saltbox is a wooden frame house with a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back.
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Do
Do Stanky Creek Trails (Nesbit Park)
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