Lenow is a community in east-central Shelby County, Tennessee. It is included in the Cordova/Appling, Tennessee city limits. The community resides on Houston Levee Road, between Pisgah Road and Morning Sun Road. Lenow Road, named after the community, heads southwestward from Houston Levee Road and enters the old town area of Cordova. The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway once ran through Lenow, along Lenow Road, an important route from Memphis to Nashville.