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| Nashville |
| — City — |
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From top left: 2nd Avenue, Kirkland Hall at Vanderbilt University, the Parthenon, the Nashville skyline, LP Field, Dolly Parton performing at the Grand Ole Opry, and Ryman Auditorium |
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| Nickname(s): Music City |
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Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee.
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Location in the United States
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| Coordinates: 36°10′00″N 86°47′00″W / 36.1666667°N 86.7833333°W / 36.1666667; -86.7833333 |
| Country |
United States |
| State |
Tennessee |
| County |
Davidson |
| Founded |
1779 |
| Incorporated |
1806 |
| Government |
| - Mayor |
Karl Dean (D) |
| Area |
| - City |
526.1 sq mi (1,362.5 km2) |
| - Land |
502.2 sq mi (1,300.8 km2) |
| - Water |
23.9 sq mi (61.8 km2) |
| Elevation |
597 ft (182 m) |
| Population (2008)[1][2][3][4] |
| - City |
626,144 (consolidated)
596,462 (balance) |
| - Density |
1,233.8/sq mi (476.3/km2) |
| - Metro |
1,632,671 |
| - Demonym |
Nashvillian |
| Time zone |
CST (UTC-6) |
| - Summer (DST) |
CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes |
37201–37250 |
| Area code(s) |
615 |
| Interstates |
I-40, I-24, I-65, and I-440 |
| Waterways |
Cumberland River |
| Airports |
Nashville International Airport |
| Public transit |
Nashville MTA |
| Regional rail |
Music City Star |
| Website |
www.nashville.gov |
History
Nashville was founded by
James Robertson,
John Donelson, and a party of
Wataugans in 1779, and was originally called
Fort Nashborough, after the
American Revolutionary War hero
Francis Nash. Nashville quickly grew because of its prime location, accessibility as a river
port, and its later status as a major
railroad center.
.^ Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County.- NASHVILLE Real Estate, Nashville TN Homes, TN Real Estate Nashville 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.anitasrealestate.com [Source type: News]
^ Nashville became the capital of Tennessee in 1843 and was the seat of Davidson County until 1963, when it merged with the county to become Nashville-Davidson.- http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108564.html 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.infoplease.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Nashville-Davidson city is consolidated with Davidson County.- http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108564.html 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.infoplease.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
In 1843, the city was named the permanent
capital of the state of Tennessee.
Nashville riverfront shortly after the
Civil War
.^ NORMAN In the city of Nashville, there are a total of hundred and twenty millionaires some of them inhabit these beautiful home sites to make Nashville known as the Athens of the South.- NASHVILLE - by Joan Tewksbury 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.dailyscript.com [Source type: General]
.^ The city is a port of entry and an important industrial and commercial center serving the Upper South.- http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108564.html 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.infoplease.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Nashville, Tennessee, United States Nashville is capital of the state Tennessee .- Current local time in U.S.A. – Tennessee – Nashville 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.timeanddate.com [Source type: News]
^ Federal troops occupy Nashville, the first southern capital to fall to the Union army.
^ Tennessee became the 16th state and Nashville was its capital.- Nashville, United States 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC worldfacts.us [Source type: General]
.^ The city was also of primary strategic importance during the Civil War, occupying a crucial location along the Cumberland River.- Nashville Real Estate: Nashville TN Homes for Sale & MLS Listings 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.nashvillesmls.com [Source type: General]
^ Celebrity sightings, Civil War-era homes, wonderful music, museums and art galleries galore, and much more greet you in Nashville, Tennessee.- Nashville Vacation Rentals, Nashville Tennessee Vacation Rental Homes - Vacation Rentals.com 20 November 2009 9:54 UTC www.vacationrentals.com [Source type: General]
^ Taken by Union forces early in the war, Nashville quickly became second most fortified city in the US during the Civil War because it was seen as crucial to supplying troops engaged on the war's western front.- Discover Nashville, Tennessee: Photos and hotspots on Google Maps, no need to book a flight or hotel 20 November 2009 9:54 UTC wiki.worldflicks.org [Source type: General]
[citation needed] Within a few years, the city had reclaimed its important shipping and trading position and also developed a solid
manufacturing base.
.^ Rocky Mount police arrested a Nashville man early Saturday and charged him with shooting a 25-year-old Rocky Mount man at his home late Friday.- Nashville News - Topix 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.topix.com [Source type: General]
^ Other Nashville attractions include a replica of the ancient Greek Parthenon, inside which are paintings of from the 19th and 20th century and numerous mansions on display.- Nashville TN, USA hotels guide to nashville 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC nashvilletravelusa.com [Source type: General]
^ Celebration of Nashville's bicentennial year begins, Century III. .
.^ An instantly recognizable downtown Nashville landmark, the Bellsouth Tower is the tallest building in Tennessee and can be seen from quite some distance when the hills aren't in your way.- Discover Nashville, Tennessee: Photos and hotspots on Google Maps, no need to book a flight or hotel 20 November 2009 9:54 UTC wiki.worldflicks.org [Source type: General]
^ Currently, there are many plans of building multiple residential and business towers in the downtown area.- NASHVILLE Real Estate, Nashville TN Homes, TN Real Estate Nashville 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.anitasrealestate.com [Source type: News]
^ Compared to other downtown communities around the United States, downtown Nashville still has very affordable products and is well below the density of cities like Chicago and New York.- Nashville Real Estate: Nashville TN Homes for Sale & MLS Listings 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.nashvillesmls.com [Source type: General]
.^ NORMAN In the city of Nashville, there are a total of hundred and twenty millionaires some of them inhabit these beautiful home sites to make Nashville known as the Athens of the South.- NASHVILLE - by Joan Tewksbury 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.dailyscript.com [Source type: General]
^ Here on the right you see the home of Haven Hamilton's mother.- NASHVILLE - by Joan Tewksbury 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.dailyscript.com [Source type: General]
In 1963, Nashville consolidated its government with Davidson County and thus became the first major city in the United States to form a
metropolitan government.
[citation needed] Since the 1970s, the city has experienced tremendous growth, particularly during the
economic boom of the 1990s under the leadership of Mayor (now-
Tennessee Governor)
Phil Bredesen, who made urban renewal a priority, and fostered the construction or renovation of several city landmarks, including the
Country Music Hall of Fame, the Nashville Public Library downtown, the Sommet Center, and LP Field.
Today the city along the
Cumberland River is a crossroads of American culture, and one of the fastest-growing areas of the
Upper South.
Geography
A satellite image of Nashville
Topography
Nashville lies on the Cumberland River in the northwestern portion of the
Nashville Basin. Nashville's
topography ranges from 385 feet (117 m) above sea level at the Cumberland River to 1,160 feet (350 m) above sea level at its highest point.
[6]According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 526.1 square miles (1,363 km
2), of which, 502.3 square miles (1,301 km
2) of it is land and 23.9 square miles (62 km
2) of it (4.53%) is water.
Climate
Nashville has a
humid subtropical climate.
[7] In July, morning lows average around 70 °F (21 °C) and afternoon highs average 89 °F (32 °C). In January, morning lows average around 28 °F (−2 °C) and afternoon highs average 46 °F (8 °C).
[8] The coldest temperature ever recorded in Nashville was −17 °F (−27.2 °C), on January 21, 1985, and the highest was 107 °F (42 °C), on July 28, 1952.
[9] In the winter months, snowfall does occur in Nashville but is usually not heavy. Average annual snowfall is about 10 inches (250 mm), falling mostly in January and February and occasionally March and December.
[10] The largest one-day snow total was 17 inches (430 mm) on March 17, 1892. The largest snow event since 2000 was on January 16, 2003, when Nashville received 7 inches (180 mm) of snow in a single storm; the largest on record was 17 inches (430 mm), received on March 17, 1892.
[11] Average annual rainfall is 48.1 inches (1,220 mm),
[8] typically with winter and spring being the wettest and autumn being the driest. Spring and fall are generally pleasantly warm but prone to
severe thunderstorms, which occasionally bring
tornadoes — with recent major events on
April 16, 1998,
April 7, 2006,
February 5, 2008, and
April 10, 2009. Relative humidity in Nashville averages 83% in the mornings and 60% in the afternoons,
[12] which is considered moderate for the
Southeastern United States.
[13] In recent decades, due to urban development, Nashville has developed an
urban heat island (UHI); especially on cool, clear nights, temperatures are up to 10 degrees warmer in the heart of the city than in rural outlying areas.
Nashville's long springs and autumns combined with a diverse array of trees and grasses can often make it uncomfortable for
allergy sufferers.
[14] In 2008, Nashville was ranked as the 18th-worst spring allergy city in the U.S. by the
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
[15]
Climate data for Nashville, TN
| Month |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Year |
| Record high °F (°C) |
78
(26) |
84
(29) |
89
(32) |
91
(33) |
96
(36) |
106
(41) |
107
(42) |
106
(41) |
105
(41) |
94
(34) |
85
(29) |
79
(26) |
107
(42) |
| Average high °F (°C) |
46
(7.8) |
52
(11.1) |
61
(16.1) |
70
(21.1) |
77
(25) |
85
(29.4) |
89
(31.7) |
88
(31.1) |
82
(27.8) |
71
(21.7) |
59
(15) |
49
(9.4) |
69.1
(20.6) |
| Average low °F (°C) |
28
(-2.2) |
31
(-0.6) |
39
(3.9) |
47
(8.3) |
57
(13.9) |
65
(18.3) |
70
(21.1) |
68
(20) |
61
(16.1) |
49
(9.4) |
40
(4.4) |
32
(0) |
48.9
(9.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) |
-17
(-27) |
-13
(-25) |
2
(-17) |
23
(-5) |
34
(1) |
42
(6) |
51
(11) |
47
(8) |
36
(2) |
26
(-3) |
-1
(-18) |
-10
(-23) |
-17
(-27) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) |
3.97
(100.8) |
3.69
(93.7) |
4.87
(123.7) |
3.93
(99.8) |
5.07
(128.8) |
4.08
(103.6) |
3.77
(95.8) |
3.28
(83.3) |
3.59
(91.2) |
2.87
(72.9) |
4.45
(113) |
4.54
(115.3) |
48.11
(1,222) |
| Snowfall inches (mm) |
3.8
(96.5) |
3.1
(78.7) |
1.4
(35.6) |
0
(0) |
0
(0) |
0
(0) |
0
(0) |
0
(0) |
0
(0) |
0
(0) |
0.4
(10.2) |
1.5
(38.1) |
10.2
(259.1) |
| Source: The Weather Channel[8] September 22, 2009 |
| Source #2: Weatherbase.com[16] February 5, 2010 |
Cityscape
The downtown area of Nashville features a diverse assortment of entertainment, dining, cultural and architectural attractions. The Broadway and 2nd Avenue areas feature entertainment venues, night clubs and an assortment of restaurants. North of Broadway lies Nashville's
central business district, Legislative Plaza, Capitol Hill and the
Tennessee Bicentennial Mall. Cultural and architectural attractions can be found throughout the city.
The downtown area of Nashville is easily accessible. Three major interstate highways (I-40, I-65 and I-24) converge near the core area of downtown, and many regional cities are within a day's driving distance.
Nashville's first skyscraper, the
Life & Casualty Tower, was completed in 1957 and started the construction of high rises in downtown Nashville. After the construction of the
AT&T Building in 1994, the downtown area saw little construction until the mid-2000s. Many new residential developments have been constructed or are planned for the various neighborhoods of downtown and midtown. A new high rise office building,
The Pinnacle, was recently opened in 2010.
[17]Many civic and infrastructure projects are either being planned, in progress, or recently completed. A new MTA bus hub was recently completed in downtown Nashville, as was the
Music City Star pilot project. Several public parks have been constructed, such as the Public Square. Riverfront Park is scheduled to be extensively updated. The
Music City Center, a convention center project, has been approved for the downtown area and is currently under construction.
Parks and gardens
.^ With more than 200 arti...- Nashville Tennessee TN hotels 12 September 2009 15:27 UTC hotel.uscity.net [Source type: General]
Warner Parks, situated on 2,684 acres (1,086 ha) of land, consist of a 5,000 square-foot (460 m²) learning center, 20 miles (30 km) of scenic roads, 12 miles (19 km) of hiking trails, and 10 miles (16 km) of horse trails. It is also the home of the annual
Iroquois Steeplechase.
Metropolitan area
Nashville has the largest
metropolitan area in the state of Tennessee, spanning several counties. The Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area encompasses the
Middle Tennessee counties of
Cannon,
Cheatham,
Davidson,
Dickson,
Hickman,
Macon,
Robertson,
Rutherford,
Smith,
Sumner,
Trousdale,
Williamson, and
Wilson.
[18] The 2008 population of the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Columbia
combined statistical area was estimated at 1,632,671.
Culture
.^ The Nashville real estate values are slowly growing at around 0-4% a year and in certain new subdivisions and communities the appreciation rate is much much higher.- Nashville Real Estate: Nashville TN Homes for Sale & MLS Listings 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.nashvillesmls.com [Source type: General]
Particularly significant in this respect were two groups of critics and writers who were associated with
Vanderbilt University in the early twentieth century: the
Fugitives and the
Agrarians.
Entertainment and performing arts
Each year, the
CMA Music Festival (formerly known as Fan Fair) brings thousands of country fans to the city.
Kirk Whalum visiting the audience at a riverfront concert in 2007
Although Nashville was never known as a jazz town, it did have many great jazz bands including The Nashville Jazz Machine led by Dave Converse and its current version, the Nashville Jazz Orchestra, led by Jim Williamson, as well as The Establishment, led by Billy Adair.
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Craig's orchestra was also the first to broadcast over local radio station WSM-AM and enjoyed phenomenal success with a 12-year show on the
NBC Radio Network. In the late 1930s, he introduced a newcomer,
Dinah Shore, a local graduate of Hume Fogg High School and Vanderbilt University.
Radio station
WMOT-FM in nearby
Murfreesboro has aided significantly in the recent revival of the city's jazz scene, as has the non-profit
Nashville Jazz Workshop, which holds concerts and classes in a renovated building in the north Nashville neighborhood of Germantown.
Fisk University also maintains a jazz station.
Tourism
.^ DAY TRIP: Historic Tennessee Tour of Nashville See Plantations, Civil War History, Historic Homes .- Visit Nashville, Country Music Hall of Fame, Grand Ole Opry and Tennessee. Sightseeing, Tours, Attractions, Activites and Vacation Adventures - Reserve Tours and Tickets Online 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.buynashvilletours.com [Source type: General]
^ Civil War History in Nashville City Cemetery as Museum Nashville Timeline .
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Sites pertaining to the
Battle of Nashville and the nearby
Battle of Franklin and
Battle of Stones River can be seen, along with several well-preserved antebellum plantation houses such as Belle Meade Plantation, Carnton plantation in Franklin, and Belmont Mansion.
Major annual events
| Event |
Month Held and Location |
| Nashville Film Festival |
Takes place each year for a week in April. It features hundreds of independent films and is one of the biggest film festivals in the Southern United States. |
| Country Music Marathon |
Marathon and half marathon which normally include over 25,000 runners from around the world in April. |
| CMA Music Festival |
A four day event in June featuring performances by country music stars, autograph signings, artist/fan interaction, and other activities for country music fans. |
| Fourth of July |
Celebration which takes place each year at Riverfront Park. |
| Country Music Association Awards |
Usually held in November, typically at the Grand Ole Opry (with recent exceptions), and televised nationally to millions of viewers. |
| Gospel Music Association Dove Awards |
Held each April at various locations including the Grand Ole Opry or the Ryman Auditorium. Leading up to the awards is GMA week where radio stations interview and fans get autographs. |
| African Street Festival |
Takes place on the campus of Tennessee State University in September. |
| Tomato Art Festival |
Takes place in East Nashville every August. |
| Australian Festival |
Celebrates the cultural and business links between the U.S. and Australia. |
| Tennessee State Fair |
In September at the State Fairgrounds. The State Fair lasts nine days and includes rides, exhibits, rodeos, tractor pulls, and numerous other shows and attractions. |
Sports
Nashville has several professional
sports teams, most notably the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League and the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League.
.^ NORMAN In the city of Nashville, there are a total of hundred and twenty millionaires some of them inhabit these beautiful home sites to make Nashville known as the Athens of the South.- NASHVILLE - by Joan Tewksbury 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.dailyscript.com [Source type: General]
The Vanderbilt Commodores are members of the
Southeastern Conference. The football team of
Tennessee State University plays its home games at LP Field.
Sports venues in Nashville are:
Media
Offices for
The Tennessean
The daily newspaper in Nashville is
The Tennessean, which, until 1998, competed fiercely with the
Nashville Banner, another daily paper that was housed in the same building under a joint-operating agreement. Although
The Tennessean now enjoys a relative monopoly on the daily newspaper market, a smaller free daily called
The City Paper shares the Nashville market. Online news service
NashvillePost.com competes with the printed dailies to break local and state news. Several weekly papers are also published in Nashville, including the
The Nashville Pride,
Nashville Business Journal,
Nashville Scene and
The Tennessee Tribune. Historically,
The Tennessean was associated with a broadly liberal editorial policy, while
The Banner carried staunchly conservative views in its editorial pages;
The Banner's heritage is carried on these days by
The City Paper. The
Nashville Scene is the area's
alternative weekly broadsheet.
The Nashville Pride is aimed towards community development and serves Nashville's entrepreneurial population.
Nashville is home to nearly a dozen broadcast television stations, although most households are served by direct
cable network connections.
Comcast Cable has a monopoly on terrestrial cable service in Davidson County (but not throughout the entire
media market). Nashville is ranked as the 29th largest television market in the United States.
[21]Several dozen
FM and
AM radio stations broadcast in the Nashville area, including five
college stations and one
LPFM community station.
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Nashville is home to WSM which originally stood for "We Shield Millions".
WSM-FM is owned by Cumulus Media and is 95.5 FM the Wolf.
WSM-AM, owned by Gaylord Entertainment Company, can be heard nationally on 650 AM or online at
WSM Online from its studios located inside the
Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.
WLAC is a
Clear Channel-owned talk station which was originally sponsored by the
Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Tennessee, and its competitor
WWTN is owned by
Cumulus.
Economy
.^ Capital Records becomes the first major company to locate its director of country music in Nashville.
^ Every major record label has an office in Nashville, and the nightlife is largely characterized by the abundance of live music.- Nashville Real Estate: Nashville TN Homes for Sale & MLS Listings 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.nashvillesmls.com [Source type: General]
^ The Music City owes a great deal to the now defunct amusement park that was once home to the Grand Ole Opry, the world-renowned country music venue.- Travel Guide - Nashville - Southwest Airlines 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC travel.southwest.com [Source type: General]
All of the
Big Four record labels, as well as numerous independent labels, have offices in Nashville, mostly in the
Music Row area.
[24] Since the 1960s, Nashville has been the second biggest music production center (after
New York) in the U.S.
[25] As of 2006, Nashville's music industry is estimated to have a total economic impact of $6.4 billion per year and to contribute 19,000 jobs to the Nashville area.
[26]
Although Nashville is renowned as a music recording center and tourist destination, its largest
industry is actually health care. Nashville is home to more than 250 health care companies, including
Hospital Corporation of America, the largest private operator of hospitals in the world.
.^ Sahara Brick Oven Grill and Cafe has proudly provided the Brentwood/Nashville area with years of memorable dining experiences.- Nashville Restaurants, Nashville Valentine's Day, Coupons, Nashville Restaurant Reviews 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC nashville.menupalace.com [Source type: General]
^ Travelodge Nashville Downtown/Opry Area 1360 Brick Church Pike Nashville, TN 37207 Nightly Rates (39.94 - 65.00) 1 Star .
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[27] .^ Charleville's post is abandoned; Middle Tennessee becomes a shared hunting ground for the Cherokee, Choctow, Chickasaw, and Creek Indian tribes.
^ The Ashton Real Estate Group of RE/MAX Elite has become one of the most successful realty teams in the Nashville and Middle Tennessee market.- Nashville Real Estate: Nashville TN Homes for Sale & MLS Listings 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.nashvillesmls.com [Source type: General]
^ AD Indian villages disappear; Middle Tennessee becomes a hunting area.
Nissan North America moved its corporate headquarters in 2006 from
Gardena, California (
Los Angeles County) to
Franklin. Nissan also has its largest North American manufacturing plant in
Smyrna, Tennessee. Largely as a result of the increased development of Nissan and other Japanese economic interests in the region, Japan moved its
New Orleans Consulate-general to Nashville's
Palmer Plaza.
Demographics
| Historical populations |
| Census |
Pop. |
|
%± |
| 1830 |
5,566 |
|
—
|
| 1840 |
6,929 |
|
24.5% |
| 1850 |
10,165 |
|
46.7% |
| 1860 |
16,988 |
|
67.1% |
| 1870 |
25,865 |
|
52.3% |
| 1880 |
43,350 |
|
67.6% |
| 1890 |
76,168 |
|
75.7% |
| 1900 |
80,865 |
|
6.2% |
| 1910 |
110,364 |
|
36.5% |
| 1920 |
118,342 |
|
7.2% |
| 1930 |
153,866 |
|
30.0% |
| 1940 |
167,402 |
|
8.8% |
| 1950 |
174,307 |
|
4.1% |
| 1960 |
170,874 |
|
−2.0% |
| 1970 |
448,003 |
|
162.2% |
| 1980 |
455,651 |
|
1.7% |
| 1990 |
488,374 |
|
7.2% |
| 2000 |
545,524 |
|
11.7% |
| Source: U.S. Census[29][30] |
Population density map per 2000 census
.^ The city of Nashville is used as a nexus or hub; even the people who live there seem like they might be tourists.- A movie called "Nashville" - Salon.com 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC archive.salon.com [Source type: General]
The
population density was 1,134.6 people per square mile (438.1/km²). There were 252,977 housing units at an average density of 503.7/sq mi (194.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 66.99%
White, 25.92%
African American, 0.29%
Native American, 2.33%
Asian, 0.07%
Pacific Islander, 2.42% from
other races and 1.97% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 4.58% of the population. Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County's estimated population for 2007 is 626,144 people.
[1]
.^ The party features live bluegrass music under the light of a full moon and there's one scheduled for tomorrow evening, July 10, 7 p.m.
.^ If you can't show up for the start, get the cell number of someone who can talk you in later.- MySpace - The Original Nashville Santa Rampage - 103 - Male - North Pole, Top Of The World - myspace.com/santarampage_nashville 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Cowriter T-Bone Burnett ended up accepting the award all alone.- NashvilleGab - Nashville news and country music gossip 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.nashvillegab.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ They've come in from all over, you know, and this Miss Foxy who's been writing to me for years is going to be there from Michigan.- NASHVILLE - by Joan Tewksbury 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.dailyscript.com [Source type: General]
The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.96.
.^ High school or higher: 97.1% Bachelor's degree or higher: 74.2% Graduate or professional degree: 37.3% Unemployed: 1.5% Mean travel time to work: 21.9 minutes For population 15 years and over in Forest Hills city .- Forest Hills, Tennessee (TN 37215) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, move, moving, houses news 12 September 2009 15:27 UTC www.city-data.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ State forum archive: Tennessee Pages: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Chattanooga Pages: 2 3 4 5 6 Kingsport - Johnson City - Bristol Pages: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Knoxville Pages: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Memphis Pages: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Nashville Pages: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 .- Lakewood, Tennessee (TN 37138) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, move, moving, houses news 12 September 2009 15:27 UTC www.city-data.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Ages 65+ Promotion Code: Welcome to Nashville, the Music City and the gateway to the South.- Travel Guide - Nashville - Southwest Airlines 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC travel.southwest.com [Source type: General]
The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males.
.^ Estimated median household income in 2007: $46,359 (it was $39,797 in 2000) .- Metropolitan Government, Tennessee (TN) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, move, moving, houses news 12 September 2009 15:27 UTC www.city-data.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Belle Meade compared to Tennessee state average: Median household income significantly above state average.- Belle Meade, Tennessee (TN 37205) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, move, moving, houses news 12 September 2009 15:27 UTC www.city-data.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Estimated median household income in 2007: $168,582 (it was $144,720 in 2000) .- Belle Meade, Tennessee (TN 37205) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, move, moving, houses news 12 September 2009 15:27 UTC www.city-data.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The
per capita income for the city was $23,069. About 10.0% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 19.1% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over.
Because of its relatively low cost of living and large job market, Nashville has become a popular city for
immigrants.
[33] Nashville's foreign-born population more than tripled in size between 1990 and 2000, increasing from 12,662 to 39,596. Large groups of
Mexicans,
Kurds,
[34] Vietnamese,
Laotians,
Cambodians,
Arabs, and
Bantus call Nashville home, among other groups.
[35] Nashville has the largest
Kurdish community in the United States, numbering approximately 11,000.
[36] About 60,000
Bhutanese refugees are being admitted to the U.S. and some of them will resettle in Nashville.
[37] During the
Iraqi election of 2005, Nashville was one of the few international locations where Iraqi expatriates could vote.
[38] The
American Jewish community in Nashville dates back over 150 years ago,
[39] and numbers about 6,500 (2001).
Law and government
The City of Nashville and Davidson County merged in 1963 as a way for Nashville to combat the problems of
urban sprawl. The combined entity is officially known as "the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County", and is popularly known as "Metro Nashville" or simply "Metro". It offers services such as
police,
fire,
electricity, water and sewage treatment. When the Metro government was formed in 1963, the government was split into two service districts—the "urban services district" and the "general services district."
.^ Nashville, Tennessee is located in Davidson County .- Nashville News - Topix 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.topix.com [Source type: General]
^ Tags: Bloomberg , Cities of Service , grant , Karl Dean , Nashville , Rockefeller Foundation , urban innovation Posted in Development , Nashville , Neighborhoods , Public Service , Tennessee .
^ Cities covered on Rentals.com Nashville include and Nashville .- Nashville Home Rentals, Homes for Rent in Nashville TN, Apartments, Houses for Rent, and Rental Homes in Nashville, Tennessee 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.rentals.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
There are seven smaller municipalities within the consolidated city-county:
Belle Meade,
Berry Hill,
Forest Hills,
Lakewood,
Oak Hill,
Goodlettsville (partially), and
Ridgetop (partially). These municipalities use a two-tier system of government, with the smaller municipality typically providing police services and the Metro Nashville government providing most other services.
Nashville is governed by a mayor, vice-mayor, and 40-member Metropolitan Council. It uses the strong-mayor form of the
mayor-council system.
[40] The current mayor of Nashville is
Karl Dean.
.^ Philip Bredesen is elected mayor of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County.
^ Nashville, Tennessee is located in Davidson County .- Nashville News - Topix 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.topix.com [Source type: General]
^ The 2005 population of the entire 13-county Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area was 1,498,836 making it the largest and fastest-growing metropolitan area in the state.- Nashville Home Rentals, Homes for Rent in Nashville TN, Apartments, Houses for Rent, and Rental Homes in Nashville, Tennessee 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.rentals.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
There are 5 council members who are elected at large and 35 council members that represent individual districts. The Metro Council has regular meetings that are presided over by the vice-mayor, who is currently
Diane Neighbors. The Metro Council meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Charter.
Nashville has been a
Democratic stronghold since at least the end of Reconstruction. While local elections are officially nonpartisan, nearly all of the city's elected officials are known to be Democrats. At the state level, Democrats hold all but one of the city's state house districts and all but one of the city's state senate districts.
Democrats are no less dominant at the federal level. Since Reconstruction, the Democratic presidential candidate has failed to carry Nashville/Davidson County only twice. In 1968,
George Wallace carried Nashville by a large enough margin that nearly enabled him to carry Tennessee. In 1972,
Richard Nixon became the only
Republican presidential candidate to carry Nashville. Since then, the Democrats have carried the city at the presidential level with relatively little difficulty. In the 2000 presidential election,
Al Gore carried Nashville with over 59% of the vote even as he narrowly lost his home state. In the 2004 election,
John Kerry carried Nashville with 55% of the vote even as
George W. Bush won the state by 14 points. In 2008,
Barack Obama carried Nashville with 60 percent of the vote even as
John McCain won Tennessee by 15 points.
At the federal level, Nashville is split between two
congressional districts. Nearly all of the city is in the
5th District, currently represented by Democrat
Jim Cooper. A Republican has not represented a significant portion of Nashville since 1874. While Republicans made a few spirited challenges in the mid-1960s and early 1970s, they have not made a serious bid for the district since 1972, when the Republican candidate gained only 38% of the vote even as Nixon carried the district in the Presidential election by a large margin. The district's best-known congressman was probably
Jo Byrns, who represented the district from 1909 to 1936 and was
Speaker of the House for much of
Franklin Roosevelt's first term as President. Another nationally prominent congressman from Nashville was
Percy Priest, who represented the district from 1941 to 1956 and was
House Majority Whip from 1949 to 1953. Former mayors
Richard Fulton and
Bill Boner also sat in the U.S. House before assuming the Metro mayoral office.
All of Nashville was located in one district for most of the time from Reconstruction until the 2000 Census, when a small portion of southwestern Nashville was drawn into the heavily Republican
7th District. That district is currently represented by
Marsha Blackburn of neighboring Williamson County; Blackburn represented much of the Nashville share of the 7th in the state senate from 1998 to 2002.
Education
Public Schools
Private Schools
Colleges and Universities
.^ The Hampton Inn-Vanderbilt is located just minutes from the heart of downtown Nashville and is centrally located with easy access to colleges, universities, hospitals and corporate offices.- Nashville Tennessee TN Hotels, Motels, and Inns 12 September 2009 15:27 UTC www.sanpedro.com [Source type: General]
^ Come see for yourself the excitement of Music City USA. Conveniently located with fast and easy access to many of Nashvilles finest attractions restaurants colleges and malls.- Nashville Tennessee TN hotels 12 September 2009 15:27 UTC www.sun-herald.com [Source type: General]
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^ Super 8 Motel Nashville/Arpt/Music City Area 720 Royal Parkway I 40e Ext 216c I 40w Ext 216 Nashville, TN, 37214 .- Nashville, TN - Hotel Listing - Southeast Getaway, a Southern Vacation and Golf Guide 12 October 2009 13:18 UTC www.segetaway.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[41] .^ Send your prayers and letters to Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee.- NASHVILLE - by Joan Tewksbury 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.dailyscript.com [Source type: General]
Transportation
The
Metropolitan Transit Authority provides bus transit within the city, out of a newly built hub station downtown. Routes utilize a hub and spoke method. Expansion plans include use of
Bus rapid transit for new routes, with the possibility for local rail service at some point in the future.
Although it is a major rail hub, with a large
CSX Transportation freight rail yard, Nashville is one of the largest cities in the U.S. not served by
Amtrak.
Nashville launched a passenger commuter rail system called the
Music City Star on September 18, 2006. The only currently operational leg of the system connects the city of Lebanon to downtown Nashville at the
Nashville Riverfront. Legs to Murfreesboro and Gallatin are currently in the feasibility study stage. The system plan includes seven legs connecting Nashville to surrounding suburbs.
Notable bridges in the city are:
| Official Name |
Other Names |
Length |
Date Opened |
| Gateway Bridge |
Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge |
1,660 feet (510 m) |
May 19, 2004 |
| Kelly Miller Smith Bridge |
Jefferson Street Bridge |
|
March 2, 1994 |
| Old Hickory Bridge |
|
|
1929 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge |
Bordeaux Bridge |
|
September 18, 1980 |
| Shelby Street Bridge |
Shelby Avenue Bridge |
3,150 feet (960 m) |
July 5, 1909 |
| Silliman Evans Bridge |
|
2,362 feet (720 m) |
1963 |
| Victory Memorial Bridge |
|
|
July 2, 1956 |
| William Goodwin Bridge |
Hobson Pike Bridge |
2,215 feet (675 m) |
|
| Woodland Street Bridge |
|
639 feet (195 m) |
|
Nicknames
.^ NORMAN In the city of Nashville, there are a total of hundred and twenty millionaires some of them inhabit these beautiful home sites to make Nashville known as the Athens of the South.- NASHVILLE - by Joan Tewksbury 23 January 2010 16:45 UTC www.dailyscript.com [Source type: General]
As such, it has earned various sobriquets, including:
- Music City, USA: WSM-AM announcer David Cobb first used this name during a 1950 broadcast and it stuck. It is now the official nickname used by the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau. Nashville is the home of the Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and many major record labels.[44] This name also dates back to 1874, where after receiving and hearing a performance by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Queen Victoria of England is reported as saying that "These young people must surely come from a musical city."[45]
- Athens of the South: Home to twenty-four post-secondary educational institutions, Nashville has long been compared to the ancient city of learning, site of Plato's Academy. Since 1897, a full-scale replica of the Athenian Parthenon has stood in Nashville, and many examples of classical and neoclassical architecture can be found in the city.[46]
- The Protestant Vatican or The Buckle of the Bible Belt: Nashville has over 700 churches,[47] several seminaries, a number of Christian music companies, and is the headquarters for the publishing arms of both the Southern Baptist Convention and the United Methodist Church. It is also the seat of the National Baptist Convention, USA, the National Association of Free Will Baptists, the Gideons International, the Gospel Music Association, and Thomas Nelson, the world's largest producer of Bibles.[48]
- Cashville: Nashville native Young Buck released a very successful rap album called Straight Outta Ca$hville that has popularized the nickname among a new generation.[49]
- Little Kurdistan: Nashville has the United States' largest population of Kurdish people, estimated to be around 11,000.[36][38]
- Nash Vegas or Nashvegas [50]
Sister cities
Nashville is an active participant in the
Sister Cities program and has relationships with the following towns:
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Further reading
- Carey, Bill (2000). Fortunes, Fiddles, & Fried Chicken: A Nashville Business History. Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press. ISBN 1-57736-178-4.
- Egerton, John (1979). Nashville: The Faces of Two Centuries, 1780-1980. Nashville: PlusMedia. LCCN 79089173.
- Egerton, John and E. Thomas Wood (eds.) (2001). Nashville: An American Self-Portrait. Nashville: Beaten Biscuit Press. ISBN 0-9706702-1-4.
- Lovett, Bobby L. (1999). African-American History of Nashville, Tennessee, 1780-1930: Elites and Dilemmas. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 1-55728-555-1.
- Wooldridge, John (ed.) (1890). History of Nashville, Tennessee. .^ Tabernacle Baptist Church 2214 12TH AVENUE SOUTH Nashville, Tennessee 37204 615-292-1315 .
- Nashville, TN Churches - Find a Church in Nashville 20 November 2009 9:54 UTC www.local-worship.com [Source type: General]
^ House Of God Church 2714 SCOVEL STREET Nashville, Tennessee 37208 615-320-0892 .- Nashville, TN Churches - Find a Church in Nashville 20 November 2009 9:54 UTC www.local-worship.com [Source type: General]
^ South Harpeth Church Of Christ 8727 OLD HARDING ROAD Nashville, Tennessee 37221 615-646-1523 .- Nashville, TN Churches - Find a Church in Nashville 20 November 2009 9:54 UTC www.local-worship.com [Source type: General]
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