White-haven? Sounds racist and exclusionary.
“White-haven? Sounds racist and exclusionary.”
I used to go to Memphis on business and had the same idea, but here’s the wiki:
“The community takes its name from a Colonel Francis White, who was an early settler and major property owner. White was influential in getting a rail line to run through what was first called White’s Station, later White Haven and then Whitehaven. This Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad was chartered in 1853, and the first trains ran in 1856. The first “White Haven” post office was opened in 1871. The roads and train tracks connected the cotton farms of the Mississippi Delta to Memphis markets, establishing strong commercial links.”
Also, Graceland is in Whitehaven and it’s not a particularly good part of town.