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Nashville, N.C.
is the oldest of the
thirteen Nashvilles in
the
United States.
When
Nash
County
was created from
Edgecombe
County
in 1777, a county seat
was required.
The same act which set
up
Nash County directed
Duncan
Laman, Nathan
Boddie, Matthew
Drake, Edward
Clerick, and
Arthur Arrington to
contract with workmen to
build a courthouse, a
prison, and stocks.
(Boddie
and Drake have streets
named after them
adjacent to the block
the courthouse sits upon
today).
The initial settlement
of Nashville began at
that.
Construction for
the county’s first
courthouse began in 1777
and was completed in
1778 with Nashville
then being referred to
first as Nash Court
House by Peach Tree
Creek in many stories
and later simply
referred to as Nash
Court House in records.
The Town began to be
referred to as Nashville
shortly before 1780 and
became a thriving
settlement by 1780
gaining a post office in
1805.
This name was meant to
honor General Francis
Nash who was killed
during the Revolutionary
War.
An interesting side note
is that of all of the
Francis
Nash
Towns, Cities,
and Counties’ name
sakes,
Nashville,
NC is the only one
he ever visited.
The Town of
Nashville
had grown substantially
and as such was
officially incorporated
by the General Assembly
in 1815 as the first
incorporated Town in
Nash
County.
Nashville’s
growth rate has been
more than 130% over the
last twenty years to
reach approximately
5,000.
That figure is expected
to increase even further
after the report of the
2010 Census as recent
Census statistics has
indicated that the Town
of Nashville has been
the fastest growing
municipality of Nash
County in the 21st
Century.
However, Nashville has kept
its small town charm
while continuing to
grow.
It is our desire to make
sure
Nashville
remains “A
Great Place
to Live, Work, and
Play”.
The Town of Nashville
today is a full service
municipal government
that is home to major
residential, commercial,
and industrial
development.
As the county seat, the
town is also host to the
county administrative
building, courthouse,
health department,
social services,
emergency services,
sheriff’s department,
senior center, Nash
Arts, and Nash-Rocky
Mount school system
administrative offices
(along with Nashville
Elementary, Nash Central
Middle School, Nash
Central High School, and
W.L. Greene School being
located either in town
or close by.)
We hope you find
the information
presented in this web
site to be helpful.
If the Town of Nashville can be of
any assistance, please
let us know.
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