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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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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 Franklin County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Franklin County: Bannock, Bear Lake, Caribou, Oneida & Cache (UT).

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:

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Nashville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Whitney
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Whitney is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Franklin
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cherryville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Cherryville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
    • Preston
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Weston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Utida
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Utida is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utida
    • Dayton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Clifton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Oxford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Oxford is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
    • Thatcher
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Bannock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Swanlake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Downey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bear Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Fish Haven
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Saint Charles
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Bloomington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Paris
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Paris is located in Bear Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <1>
    • Ovid
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ovid is located in Bear Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
    • Bern
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dingle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wardboro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Wardboro is located in Bear Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardboro
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Woodruff
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Woodruff is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
    • Cherry Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Cherry Creek is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
    • Malad City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Johns
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Saint Johns is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
    • Gwenford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Gwenford is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwenford
    • Samaria
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Samaria is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
    • Pleasantview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Pleasantview is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantview
  • Box Elder County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Wheelon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Wheelon is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelon
    • Beaverdam
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaverdam is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
    • Portage Old Fort ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Portage Old Fort is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Old Fort
    • Plymouth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Plymouth is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <1>
    • Fort Malad ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Fort Malad is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Malad
    • Fielding
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fielding is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fielding <1>
    • Portage
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Portage is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
    • Washakie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Washakie is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washakie
    • Collinston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Collinston is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinston
    • Riverside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Deweyville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Deweyville is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweyville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
      • Former names for Deweyville:
      • Dewey Spring
      • Dewey
      • Empey's Spring
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deweyville <1>
    • Crossroads
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Crossroads is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
    • Garland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Garland is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,605 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garland <1>
  • Cache County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Cove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Cove is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
    • Lewiston
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lewiston is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
      • Former names for Lewiston:
      • Cub Hill
      • Poverty Flat
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewiston <1>
    • Richmond
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cornish
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Utida
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Utida is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utida
    • Morton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Morton is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
    • Trenton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • White Horse Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • White Horse Village is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Village
    • Amalga
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Amalga is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amalga
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 577 people
    • Smithfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Clarkston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Newton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Newton is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <1>
    • Cache Junction ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cache Junction is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Junction
  • Rich County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
    • Garden City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Pickelville ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Pickelville is located in Rich County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickelville
    • Garden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Garden is located in Rich County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden
    • Meadowville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Meadowville is located in Rich County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
    • Round Valley ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Round Valley is located in Rich County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
    • Laketown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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.

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>

While we didn't find Nashville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nashville.

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

  • Franklin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Preston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewiston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lewiston is located in Cache County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
    • Former names for Lewiston:
    • Cub Hill
    • Poverty Flat
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewiston <1>
  • Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Cove is located in Cache County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
  • Anderson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Anderson is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
  • Richmond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Trenton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Smithfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Clarkston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Newton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Newton is located in Cache County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 810 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <1>
  • Cache Junction ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cache Junction is located in Cache County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache Junction
  • Hyde Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Benson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Benson is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
    • Swanlake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Plymouth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Plymouth is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <1>

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 41 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 29 miles [46.7 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nashville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.