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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 Milam County.
To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Milam County: Bell, Burleson, Falls, Lee, Robertson & Williamson.
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:
- Milam County (The home county of Nashville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Port Sullivan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Port Sullivan is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Sullivan
- Gause
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Branchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Branchville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Maysfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jones Prairie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
- Milano
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Marlow is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Baileyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Baileyville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileyville
- Silver City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Cameron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Minerva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Minerva is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Burlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Meeks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Meeks is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Edgeworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Edgeworth is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Brazos County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Rye ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rye is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Stone City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stone City is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone City
- Tabor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tabor is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Bryan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wixon Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wixon Valley is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wixon Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Edge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Edge is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edge
- Boonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boonville is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonville
- Kurten
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- College Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wellborn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burleson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Cooks Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
- Chriesman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Caldwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tunis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tunis is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Snook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- San Antonio Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- San Antonio Prairie is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio Prairie
- Deanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Merle ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Merle is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merle
- Frenstat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Frenstat is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenstat
- Birch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Birch is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Lyons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Falls County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Wilderville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wilderville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderville
- Rosebud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Highbank
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highbank is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank
- Reagan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Zipperlandville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Zipperlandville is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zipperlandville
- Zipperlandville has also been known as:
- Zipperlen
- Zipperlenville
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Hicks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hicks is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Tanglewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tanglewood is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nashville, with the one closest to Nashville listed first.
- Hearne
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mumford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Calvert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elliot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elliot is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Benchley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benchley is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
- Wheelock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hammond is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Owensville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Owensville is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensville
- New Baden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bremond
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ridge is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Bald Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
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.
- Long Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Luke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hearne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Norwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Galloway Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Red Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Red Hill Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Calvert and Hearne. The cemetery lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the northwest of Hearne.
- The Red Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Moody Cemetery
- St. Luke Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2317459 <5>
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Foster Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Providence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (271 more) ...
- Pin Oak Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blakely Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hix Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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.
- Gause
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hearne
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sutton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sutton is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
- Branchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Branchville is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Mumford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elliot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elliot is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
- Calvert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hanover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hanover is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Benchley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benchley is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benchley
- Maysfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Milano
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Prairie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Prairie is located in Milam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Prairie
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cooks Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cooks Point is located in Burleson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Point
- Tabor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tabor is located in Brazos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor
- Wheelock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
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 70 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 28 miles [45.1 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 first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Texas
- Pages specific to Milam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Brazos County
- Burleson County
- Falls County
- Lee County
- Robertson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Calvert and Hearne. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Nashville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |