Mason, TN

united states

Mason is a small farming town of about 1,000 people in western Tennessee, 40 miles northeast of Memphis. Take State Route 59 to reach it from Arlington or Millington, with connections to I-40 for longer trips. The area sits on fertile Mississippi River floodplain farmland with cotton and soybean fields stretching in all directions. The restored Mason Depot railway station stands as the town's most recognizable landmark from its Illinois Central Railroad days.