Nashville, Missouri

Nashville is a small unincorporated community in southwestern Barton County, near the western border of Missouri, United States. Route 43 passes a mile east of it, and the community is approximately twelve miles southwest of Lamar.

Nashville, Missouri
unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°24′28″N 94°27′34″W
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyBarton
Area
 • Total48.6 sq mi (125.9 km2)
 • Land48.5 sq mi (125.6 km2)
 • Water0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation
958 ft (292 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total396
 • Density8.2/sq mi (3.2/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code29-51248[1]
GNIS feature ID0766282[2]

Developed in a rural, farming area, Nashville was platted in 1869 after the American Civil War.[3] The name is a transfer from Nashville, Tennessee.[3] A post office called Nashville had been established in 1861, and remained in operation until 1959.[4]

Harlow Shapley was born at Nashville in 1885. He became a notable American astronomer and was director of the Harvard College Observatory (1921–1952).[5]

References
  1. "U.S. Census website". 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. "Barton County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  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.



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