Eads is an unincorporated community 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

United States

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. Some of Eads (and some surrounding areas) have been annexed by the city 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....

. Some of its area is currently still unincorporated. Eads is located northeast of Germantown

Germantown, Tennessee

Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee. The population was 38,844 at the 2010 census.Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, bordering it to the east. Germantown's economy is dominated by the retail and commercial service sectors; there is no heavy industry in Germantown...

, west of Somerville

Somerville, Tennessee

Somerville is a town in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Memphis metropolitan area. The population was 3,094 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Fayette County.-History:...

, east 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 east of Bartlett

Bartlett, Tennessee

Bartlett is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and part of the Memphis metropolitan area. The population was 54,613 at the 2010 census.-History:...

. The Eads zip code (38028) stretches into both Shelby County and Fayette County, including parts of Hickory Withe

Hickory Withe, Tennessee

Hickory Withe is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States. For several years it functioned as an incorporated town, and was so treated at the 2000 census...

 and Fisherville

Fisherville, Tennessee

Fisherville is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. Fisherville is located between Eads and Collierville.-Annexation:...

. Major roads in this area include Macon Road, Collierville-Arlington Road, Raleigh-LaGrange Road, and Houston Levee/Hall Road.

Annexation

After a seven-year court challenge to the right of Memphis to annex, small portions of Eads were annexed into the Memphis City Council Second District in 1990s. Most of Eads is now designated as being in the Memphis reserve, meaning that Memphis can annex it at some point.

Education

Most of Eads is serviced by Shelby County Schools. The private Briarcrest Christian School

Briarcrest Christian School

Briarcrest Christian School is an independent coeducational college preparatory school with two campuses in Shelby County, Tennessee, in Memphis and Eads ....

also has a campus in Eads.