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Nashville

Ghost town · Milam County, Texas

Gause quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:24,000)
Gause quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Nashville is a ghost town in Milam County, Texas. It is one of 7 former communities in Milam County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 165 Texas counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Nashville as a historical populated place on the Gause 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 30.8258° N, 96.6529° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGause
Elevation291 ft
Nearest living townGause, TX
Distance to it4.9 miles
GNIS feature ID2033973
Coordinates30.82578, -96.65288

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What's there now

Nashville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gause, TX (population 376), about 4.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 291 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 Milam County, Texas, at 30.8258, -96.6529.

How many ghost towns are in Milam County?

Milam County, Texas has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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