Nashville, Missouri

Nashville, Missouri
unincorporated community


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Coordinates: 37°24′28″N 94°27′34″W / 37.40778°N 94.45944°W / 37.40778; -94.45944
Country United States
State Missouri
County Barton
Area
  Total 48.6 sq mi (125.9 km2)
  Land 48.5 sq mi (125.6 km2)
  Water 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation 958 ft (292 m)
Population (2000)
  Total 396
  Density 8.2/sq mi (3.2/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
FIPS code 29-51248[1]
GNIS feature ID 0766282[2]

Nashville is a small unincorporated community in southwestern Barton County, Missouri. It is located one mile west of Route 43 about twelve miles southwest of Lamar.

Nashville was platted in 1869.[3] The name is a transfer from Nashville, Tennessee.[3] A post office called Nashville was established in 1861, and remained in operation until 1959.[4]

Harlow Shapley, an astronomer, was born at Nashville in 1885.[5]

References

  1. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. 1 2 "Barton County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. Kuehn, Kerry (15 September 2014). A Student's Guide Through the Great Physics Texts: Volume I: The Heavens and The Earth. Springer. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-4939-1360-2.

Coordinates: 37°22′28″N 94°29′27″W / 37.37444°N 94.49083°W / 37.37444; -94.49083


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