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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Nashville came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Nashville in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Nashville. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Nashville, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Nashville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)

Published by the Government Printing Office

In this book, Nashville was listed as Nashville Courthouse.<1>

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)

Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

In this book, Nashville was listed as Nashville Courthouse.<1>

U.S. Post Offices (1803)

Printed by order of the Post Master General

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)

Published by John T. Towers

In this book, Nashville was listed as Nashville Courthouse.<1>

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Tennessee (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

Nashville is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Nashville. See our Misc Page for Nashville for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Nashville:

Nashville was mentioned in the following schedules:

Amtrak Time Tables (May 1971)

The 'Birmingham Special' Time Table (December 1941)

The 'City of Memphis' Time Table (June 1950)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

The following route mentioned Nashville as a scheduled stop:

The Dixie Flagler: From the timetable for the Dixie Flagler (train schedule from 1941). The defunct Dixie Flagler travelled between Chicago (IL) and Miami (FL).

Footnotes ...

<1>	For information about how community names have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
<2>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/