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Nashville

Ghost town · Boone County, Missouri

Columbia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:62,500)
Columbia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1948, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Nashville is a ghost town in Boone County, Missouri. It is one of 17 former communities in Boone County on the federal names register. No county in Missouri has more among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Nashville as a historical populated place on the Jamestown topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.8203° N, 92.3981° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleJamestown
Elevation557 ft
Nearest living townLupus, MO
Distance to it3.5 miles
GNIS feature ID759390
Coordinates38.82028, -92.39806

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What's there now

Nashville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lupus, MO (population 27), about 3.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 557 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Nashville?

Nashville is in Boone County, Missouri, at 38.8203, -92.3981.

How many ghost towns are in Boone County?

Boone County, Missouri has 17 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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