page_title: Whitehaven, Memphis
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Whitehaven, Memphis / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Elvis Presley Boulevard in the Whitehaven District of Memphis, Tennessee
context_page_description: Whitehaven, informally known as Blackhaven, is a predominantly African-American community in Memphis, Tennessee, first organized in the late 19th century as a neighborhood for upper-class families. Its current population is about 50,000.
context_section_description: Whitehaven is a neighborhood in South Memphis and is roughly bounded by Brooks Road on the north and the Mississippi state line on the south, with the Illinois Central Railroad on the west and Airways Boulevard on the east.
  The major traffic artery of the community is U.S. Route 51, later known as Elvis Presley Boulevard. This roadway began as a toll "Plank Road" built between Memphis and Hernando, Mississippi in 1852.
  Whitehaven is no longer its own city, but a part of Memphis.
caption: Elvis Presley Boulevard
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