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Nashville’s post office opened in 1831, and 58% of its homes were built before 1940

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Quick answers

How Nashville began

When was Nashville founded?

1831

The Nashville post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Drake's (1828), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 183195 years
Founding year: the first Nashville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Nashville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Nashville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Nashville’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1831: 195 years of Nashville.
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Start Nashville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nashville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Nashville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Nashville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Nashville is a village in Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The population was 183 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1831. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 197 to 183 (-7%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Nashville, 1828 to 1838

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Drake's post office opens
  3. 1831Post officeThe Drake's post office closes
  4. 1831Post officeThe Nashville post office opens
  5. 1838Born hereThomas Weir is born here
By decade

Nashville, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Village Hall PA1100202010Village Hall PA110020OH 39 Nashville PA1100232010OH 39 Nashville PA110023OH 39 Nashville PA1100222010OH 39 Nashville PA110022Nashville P90201752010Nashville P9020175OHMap-doton-Nashville2004OHMap-doton-NashvilleMeth Cemetery PC2701212004Meth Cemetery PC270121
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Nashville’s post office has been open since 1831. Another post office, Drake's, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Drake's
1828–1831
Nashville
1831–today
18201920today
1cemetery inside Nashville
Nashville Methodist

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Knox TownshipIts storyBWashington Township1 historic placeA−

Questions about Nashville’s history

What year was Nashville founded?

The Nashville post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.