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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Nashville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Nashville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nashville, please Contact Us.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Nashville is historic, it would have been located within present day Boone County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Boone County: Audrain, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau & Randolph.
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:
- Boone County (The home county of Nashville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Pierpont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pierpont is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- McBaine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McBaine is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Huntsdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsdale is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Ashland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Columbia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hartsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Moores Switch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moores Switch is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
- Rocheport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hinton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Stephens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stephens is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- Hallsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Audrain County
- Larrabee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Larrabee is located in Audrain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
- Callaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Folsom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Folsom is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Lindbergh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lindbergh is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
- Stephens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stephens is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens
- New Bloomfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lake Mykee Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
- Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
- Cedar City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar City is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
- Holts Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hatton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hatton is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Kingdom City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hord ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hord is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
- Tebbetts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tebbetts is located in Callaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tebbetts
- Cole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Centertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Martins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Martins is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Scruggs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Scruggs is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs
- Lohman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jefferson City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,972 people
- Jefferson City has also been known as:
- Jeff City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <2>
- Russellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Decatur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Decatur is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Wardsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wardsville is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Osage City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Osage City is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
- Taos
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taos is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
- Hickory Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hill is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Cooper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Wooldridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wooldridge is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooldridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Prairie Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Pisgah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Clarks Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clarks Fork is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Fork
- Windsor Place village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor Place village is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Place village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Windsor Place village has also been known as:
- Windsor Place village
- Lone Elm
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lone Elm is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Elm
- Boonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bunceton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Bellair
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bellair is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Lamine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lamine is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamine
- Pilot Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Sebree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sebree is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebree
- New Franklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Miller County
- Olean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Olean is located in Miller County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Moniteau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Lupus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lupus is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McGirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- McGirk is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- California
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksburg is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Latham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Latham is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Tipton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- High Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- High Point is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Fortuna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fortuna is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortuna
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Syracuse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Excelsior
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Excelsior is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Osage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Bonnots Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- French Village ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- French Village is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Village
- Isbell ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Isbell is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isbell
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.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Samuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickam Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cofer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Conley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel / Hickam Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pettigrew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shull Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (247 more) ...
- Goshen Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Bridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fortney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.
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.
- Providence
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Providence is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Lupus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lupus is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wilton is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Bacon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bacon is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Burlington ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Burlington is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
- Ashland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Deer Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Deer Park is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Marion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marion is located in Cole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Columbia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kliever
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kliever is located in Moniteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kliever
- Prairie Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Prairie Home is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Home
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Midway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Moores Switch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moores Switch is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Switch
- Pisgah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
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 63 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 27 miles [43.5 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:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Boone County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Audrain County
- Callaway County
- Cole County
- Cooper County
- Howard County
- Miller County
- Moniteau County
- Morgan County
- Osage County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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'. |