Nashville
A historical populated place in Milam County, Texas, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
A ghost town.
GNIS historical note
Nashville was on the southeast bank of the Brazos River two miles below the mouth of Little River and five miles northeast of Gause in what is now Milam County.
Also recorded as
- Nashville-on-the-Brazos
- New Nashville
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 2033973. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.
GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.
- Text Webb, Walter Prescott, Editor-in-chief. The Handbook of Texas. Austin, Texas: Texas State Historical Association, 1952. 2 volumes. If using the books, use form TX-T2/VV/ppp. If using the online version at URL: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online, use form TX-T2/YYYY.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.