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Nashville (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 09 17 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.1540 decimal degrees |
| Long: 086 45 43 W degrees minutes |
Long: -86.7610 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in N central Tennessee on Cumberland River; area developed as river trade center; railroads stimulated further growth; occupied by Federal troops during Civil War; in April 1963 the city of Nashville & Davidson county were consolidated, although the city still is known as "Nashville." |
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| Nashville (preferred,C,V,display,O,English-P)
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............ | common name |
| Nashville-Davidson (C,V)
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............ | US Census designation, since 1963 |
| נשוויל (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Fort Nashborough (H,V)
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| Nashborough (H,V)
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............ | from its foundation in 1779 until it was incorporated as a town in 1784 |
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Nashville (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in 1779 by Richard Henderson, North Carolina jurist who acquired land in Transylvania Purchase from Cherokee Indians |
| city (C) |
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chartered in 1806 |
| state capital (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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for dacron, shoes, glass, rubber, meat packing, heating & cooking equipment & tires |
| industrial center (C) |
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for structural steel, boats & barges, aircraft parts & railroad shops |
| transportation center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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includes several large insurance & finance companies & important recording center for country western music |
| publishing center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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includes Vanderbilt & Tennessee State Universities, Meharry Medical, David Lipscomb, Trevecca Nazarene & Belmont colleges |
| cultural center (C) |
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noted for Hermitage home of Andrew Jackson, Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Hall of Fame & museum & Centennial Park |
| county seat (H) |
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of Davidson county, 1784-1963 |
| battlefield (H) |
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on December 15-16, 1864, the last major battle of the Civil War took place outside the city |
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Tennessee .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7007825] |
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