Abandoned Record
About Nashville
Nashville (also known as Nashville-on-the-Brazos) was a community, now a ghost town, on the southeastern bank of the Brazos River in present-day Milam County, Texas, United States. The town was surveyed in the fall of 1835, with Sterling C. Robertson as its founder.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Nashville, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Nashville is
Historic maps
3 historic USGS maps cover Nashville
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1954 Austin sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1962 Gause sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1993 Bryan sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Nashville
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Texas index.
- Port Sullivan3.8 mi NW · Milam
- Calvert10.7 mi N · Robertson
- Sims12.5 mi SE · Brazos
- Varisco14.3 mi SE · Brazos
- Stone City15.0 mi SE · Burleson
- Owensville18.8 mi NE · Robertson
- Cottonwood18.9 mi E · Brazos
- Moore19.5 mi E · Brazos
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Nashville, Texas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q6966931.
- USGS GNIS 2033973.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).