Welcome to Nashville ...

Nashville is located in El Dorado County<1>.

The location of Nashville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nashville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

When the people of Nashville refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Nashvillian<3>

Nashville is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: Nashville lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Nashville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.eldoradocounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Nashville, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Nashville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 33 communities that are also named Nashville - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Nashville.

Communities near Nashville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Nashville.

• Folsom
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
  • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
  • Folsom has also been known as:
  • Folsom City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <5>
• Placerville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville
  • Placerville is located in El Dorado County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,077 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placerville <5>
• Ione
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
  • Ione is located in Amador County
  • 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 <5>
• Jackson
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Jackson is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,973 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <5>
• Sutter Creek
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutter Creek
  • Sutter Creek is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,688 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sutter Creek <5>
• Plymouth
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Plymouth is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <5>
• Amador City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amador City
  • Amador City is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amador City <5>
• River Pines
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Pines
  • River Pines is located in Amador County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for River Pines <5>
• Mount Aukum
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aukum
  • Mount Aukum is located in El Dorado County
  • Mount Aukum has also been known as:
  • Aukum Fork
  • Aukum
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Aukum <5>
• El Dorado
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Dorado
  • El Dorado is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Dorado <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Nashville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Nashville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Nashville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nashville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Nashville. See our Newspapers Page for Nashville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nashville ...

Looking for more information about Nashville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Nashville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Nashville.

Adding Nashville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nashville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Nashville was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nashville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nashville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for El Dorado County: www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/