Nashville, Illinois

Nashville is a city in Washington County, Illinois, United States.

Just to the southeast of Nashville is the headwaters of Beaucoup Creek, which flows south into the Big Muddy River.

[7] On June 28, 2020, Nashville was the site of a successful attempt at the world record for most pogo stick jumps with no hands.

[8] On July 16, 2024, approximately 200 residents were evacuated because the failure of the Nashville Dam was considered imminent after the region received 5 inches of rain in 6 hours.

[14][15][16] Grupo Antolin owns the other auto parts manufacturing plant in Nashville, employing 522 people as of 2018.

[17] The second plant was originally established in 1987 as Ligma Corporation, a joint venture between Magna International and Lignotock G.m.b.H.

[14] Prior to Ligma and Nascote Industries, the town's biggest employer was National Mine Service Company (now part of the Marmon Group),[20] which shut down operations in Nashville in 1983 and put 240 people out of work.

Map of Illinois highlighting Washington County