Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Arlington, TN

Arlington is an incorporated town in Shelby County, Tennessee, and one of the seven municipalities in the county.

The Arlington area was originally Chickasaw land; after the Chickasaw cession it became part of Shelby County, which was established in 1819 and named for Isaac Shelby, and the community was first settled in 1830.

Arlington began as a railroad shipping point called Withe Depot, built on land donated by General Samuel J. Hays, a nephew of President Andrew Jackson, and the community was renamed Haysville in his honor as cotton farming drove its early growth.

Haysville was incorporated on February 10, 1878.

The town was renamed Arlington in 1883 after officials seeking a post office found that another Haysville post office already existed in Tennessee; Captain Henry Pitman suggested the new name, inspired by Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Arlington was re-incorporated under its present name on December 19, 1900, when its population was about 600.

The 2020 census counted 14,549 residents in Arlington, up from 11,517 at the 2010 census and just 2,569 at the 2000 census.

The 2020 census counted 4,539 households and 3,046 families in Arlington, and 32.7 percent of residents were under the age of 18.

Arlington grew by 26.3 percent between 2010 and 2020, continuing the rapid suburban growth that had made it one of Tennessee's fastest-growing communities the previous decade.

The town covers about 23.16 square miles on the northeastern side of Shelby County, and the Loosahatchie River flows through it.