Capleville is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Shelby County

Shelby County, Tennessee

Shelby County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the state's largest both in terms of population and geographic area, with a population of 927,644 at the 2010 census...

, Tennessee

Tennessee

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, United States

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, southeast of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

 and just north of the Mississippi

Mississippi

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 border. It is located 0.5 mi. east of the Memphis International Airport

Memphis International Airport

Memphis International Airport is a joint civil-military public airport located three miles south of the central business district of Memphis, a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States....

, starting 1 mi. west of the intersection of State Routes 176 and 175

Tennessee State Route 175

Tennessee State Route 175 is a Tennessee designated state route, running for a total of approximately through southern Shelby County, Tennessee.-History:...

, and heading east along State Route 175

Tennessee State Route 175

Tennessee State Route 175 is a Tennessee designated state route, running for a total of approximately through southern Shelby County, Tennessee.-History:...

 (Shelby Drive) crossing U.S. Route 78

U.S. Route 78

U.S. Highway 78 is an east–west United States highway that runs for 715 miles from Memphis, Tennessee, to Charleston, South Carolina. Between Memphis and Birmingham, Alabama, it is being upgraded to become Interstate 22....

. Most of the area has been incorporated into the City of Memphis and since has become a large industrial center due to its proximity to the airport and Lamar Avenue (U.S. Route 78

U.S. Route 78

U.S. Highway 78 is an east–west United States highway that runs for 715 miles from Memphis, Tennessee, to Charleston, South Carolina. Between Memphis and Birmingham, Alabama, it is being upgraded to become Interstate 22....

) which becomes a divided freeway after State Route 175.

Local landmarks include Emerald Park, Fox Meadows Park, McFarland Park, Mooney Park, Walter K Singleton Park and Wilson Park. The Capleville Methodist Church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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Capleville is the childhood home of author Jerry Pournelle

Jerry Pournelle

Jerry Eugene Pournelle is an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte and has since 1998 been maintaining his own website/blog....

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