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Nashville, Indiana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47448. It stands on Jackson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Belmont quadrangle. 1,256 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 594 feet above sea level.

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Nashville within Brown County

On record in Nashville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Nashville grew from 803 to 1,256 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010803
20201,256+453 (+56%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Nashville in 2009, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 March 2009Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresHoosier National Forest135 CAMPFIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nashville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brown County Highway Dept.StoneProducer
Brown County Stone Co QuarryFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Brown County

Storms near this place

60 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nashville in 61 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 34 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 7 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1996LightningNashville1 hurtno account filed
April 2025Flash FloodNashville$100,000Water flowing over a bridge on State Road 135. Several water rescues completed. Total rainfall ranged from 2.6 to 3.4 inches.
June 2019Flash FloodNashville$50,000Dispatch reports a crew headed to rescue residents that were possibly trapped after a small dam failure due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
May 1996Tornado (F1)Nashville$50,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindNashville$25,000Numerous tree tops downed and trees toppled at the west gate of the Brown County State Park.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindNashville$25,000Part of the roof on the Nashville Elementary School was blown off due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Water damage occurred to some of the classrooms.
May 2002Flash FloodNashville$25,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNashville$15,000Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down a tree blown onto a car with people.
June 2025Flash FloodNashville$15,000Rainfall, reported as great as 3.35 inches west-northwest of Nashville, produced flash flooding in the Nashville area. Water flowed over a bridge near the Nashville General Store.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNashville$10,000Multiple trees and power lines were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNashville$8,000Reports received of trees and power lines down near Highway 46 in Brown County due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2015Flash FloodNashville$5,000Widespread flooding was occurring in Nashville due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
June 2008Flash FloodNashville$5,000Roadways were covered and previous flooding conditions were exacerbated due to heavy rainfall that caused renewed flash flooding.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindNashville$2,000Trees and power lines were reported down blocking State Route 135 due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindNashville$1,000Tree of unknown size downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNashville$1,000A two foot diameter tree was downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNashville$1,000A transformer was damaged as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindNashville$1,000Trees down
July 1997Thunderstorm WindNashville$500Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in Trevelac.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindNashville$500Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindNashville$500Thunderstorm winds blew a few trees down in Belmont.
April 2017HailNashville-This report was relayed by law enforcement.
April 2013HailNashville-Hail, ranging in size from one to two inches, was observed in this location.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2006HailNashville-No property damage estimates were available.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees were downed.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindNashville-Several trees were blown down.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees were blown down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees were downed.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees and power lines were downed.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindNashville-Seven pine trees were downed in Yellowwood State Forest.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees were blown down near Brown County State Park.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNashville-Numerous trees down
April 2002Thunderstorm WindNashville-Trees down
May 2025HailNashville-no account filed
July 2024HailNashville-no account filed
April 2015HailNashville-no account filed
April 2013HailNashville-no account filed
May 2012HailNashville-no account filed
March 2012Funnel CloudNashville-no account filed
March 2012HailNashville-no account filed
May 2012HailNashville-no account filed
July 2008HailNashville-no account filed
April 2007HailNashville-no account filed
April 2006HailNashville-no account filed
June 2006HailNashville-no account filed
June 2005HailNashville-no account filed
November 2005HailNashville-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
April 2002HailNashville-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindNashville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brown County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Town Hill0.7 miles21
Annandale Estates1.1 miles20
West Overlook2.5 miles20
Camp Roberts3.6 miles21
Beanblossom4.1 miles23
Lanam4.4 miles20
Helmsburg4.6 miles21
Gnaw Bone5.2 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on NashvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1924785The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 439943. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.