The part of Memphis that is located west of the Mississippi River is called West Memphis and is a town of its own. It was mapped out in 1884 by the Vance brothers, whom one of later became the postmaster of West Memphis. In 1885 the population was already 200 and by 1888 the town had three stores. Jack Bragg, a man who came to the area in 1904 builded the Brag Mill in West Memphis. He was in the lumber industry and had realized that eastern Arkansas had natural resources like timber, and the new railroads and the Mississippi solved transportation problems. The mill, and the houses around it were generaly called Bragg, after its owner but in the beginning of the 20th century the town started to be called West Memphis, because it was believed that this would make it possible to take higher prices for the timber.
West Memphis was incorporated in 1923 and in 1955 the close-by town of Hulbert, that was a railroad center, became a part of West memphis.
Today west Memphis has a population of about 28,000 people.

City Officials

Position	Name
Mayor	Marco McClendon
City Clerk	Patricia Joplin
Assistant To Mayor	Dorothy Taylor
District Judge	Fred Thorne
City Attorney	Michael Stephenson
Police Chief	Robbin Campbell, Jr.
Fire Chief	Barry Ealy
Sanitation Superintendent	Robbie Amos
Sanitation Superintendent	Arthur Jackson
Street Superintendent	Odell Slaughter
Water Superintendent	Michael Lamb
Wastewater Superintendent	Michael Lamb
City Engineer	Amanda Hicks
Code Enforcement Officer	George Phillips
Grants Administrator	Jennifer Presley
Parks, Recreation Director	Lorenzo Parker
Chief Of Staff	Steve Jones
City Treasurer	Charlie Suiter, Jr.
Council Member	Gheric Bruce
Council Member	Tracy Catt
Council Member	Wayne Croom
Council Member	Helen Harris
Council Member	James Holt, Sr.
Council Member	Melanie Hutchinson
Council Member	Lorraine Mohammed
Council Member	Willis Mondy
Council Member	David Murray
Council Member	Charles Wheeless
Emergency Management Director	DeWayne Rose
Finance Director	Tori Perry
Human Resources Director	Yvonne Carr