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Welcome to Nashville ...

Nashville is located in Forest County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nashville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

When the people of Nashville refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Nashvillian<2>

Nashville is 1,700 feet [518 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Nashville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Nashville: 715 & 534<4>

Communities Also Named Nashville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 33 communities that are also named Nashville - they are located in Arkansas, California, 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 and Vermont.

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.

  • Crandon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Crandon is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
  • Post Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Post Lake is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Lake
  • Monico
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Monico is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monico
  • Pelican Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pelican Lake is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Lake
  • Atkins
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Atkins is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
  • Elcho
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Elcho is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcho
  • Gagen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gagen is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagen
  • Hiles
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Hiles is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiles
  • Freeman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Freeman is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
  • Kempster
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kempster is located in Langlade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempster

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.

Adding Nashville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nashville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Nashville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Nashville post office opened in 1902. The Nashville post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nashville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Forest, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Nashville refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Nashville may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nashville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Nashville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Nashville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>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/