Nashville is a small unincorporated community in southwestern Barton County one mile north of the Barton-Jasper county line, near the western border of Missouri, United States.

[3] Developed in a rural, farming area, Nashville was platted in 1869 after the American Civil War.

[4] A post office called Nashville had been established in 1861, and remained in operation until 1959.

He became a notable American astronomer and was director of the Harvard College Observatory (1921–1952).

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