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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Nashville (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Nashville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Nashville is located in El Dorado County.

To see how the shape of California's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of El Dorado County: Alpine, Amador, Placer, Sacramento & Douglas (NV).

Below are the counties that are near Nashville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nashville:

  • El Dorado County     (The home county of Nashville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Mount Aukum
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • El Dorado
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Tiger Lily
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
    • Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
    • Shingle Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Diamond Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Somerset
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cameron Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fair Play
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Placerville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Skinners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Skinners is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners
    • Clarksville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • River Pines
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Plymouth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fiddletown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Drytown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Amador City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Sutter Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Martell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Volcano
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Carbondale ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Carbondale is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
    • May ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • May is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
    • Pine Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ione
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
      • Former names for Ione:
      • Bedbug
      • Freeze Out
      • Hardscrabble
      • Ione City
      • Ione Valley
      • Jone City
      • Jone Valley
      • Rickeyville
      • Woosterville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Big Bar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Glencoe
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandy Gulch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
    • West Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bummerville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bummerville is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bummerville
    • Wilseyville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Campo Seco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
    • Rail Road Flat
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Valley Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Burson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Granite Bay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Auburn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Loomis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Newcastle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Penryn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rocklin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ophir
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ophir is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Roseville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • North Auburn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • North Auburn is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
    • Clipper Gap
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
    • Virginiatown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Virginiatown is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginiatown
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Rancho Murieta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
    • Folsom
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
      • Folsom has also been known as:
      • Folsom City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <1>
    • Prairie City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
    • Represa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Represa is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
    • Natoma
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
    • Folsom Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
    • Sloughhouse
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Orangevale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Gold River
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Fair Oaks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Mather
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • San Joaquin County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nashville, see our County-by-County Page for Nashville.

Cemeteries Near Nashville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nashville.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Nashville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nashville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.

  • Chinese Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Shenandoah Valley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • White Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Protestant Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Bryant Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Fiddletown Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Drytown Public Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • St. Stevens Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Oak Knoll Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Placerville Union Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville Union Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Placerville Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Placerville.
    • The Placerville Union Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Union Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1812538 <2>
  • Continue List   (64 more) ...

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Nashville had a population of 79 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.

  • Plymouth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • El Dorado
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Fiddletown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Shingle Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Latrobe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Latrobe is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latrobe
  • Drytown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Forest Home ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Home is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
  • Fair Play
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Placerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Amador City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Michigan Bar ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Michigan Bar is located in Sacramento County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bar
  • Pleasant Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Clarksville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Sutter Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • White Rock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • White Rock is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nashville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nashville.

Newspapers Published in Nashville ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nashville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nashville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nashville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Nashville:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Nashville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nashville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.