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Nashville Public Library (NPL) is the public library system serving Nashville, Tennessee and the metropolitan area of Davidson County. In 2010, the Nashville Public Library was the recipient of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. [2] The library was named the Gale / Library Journal 2017 Library of the Year.
NRHP reference No. 05001334. Added to NRHP. November 25, 2005. Mount Olivet Cemetery is a 206-acre (83 ha) cemetery located in Nashville, Tennessee. It is located approximately two miles East of downtown Nashville, and adjacent to the Catholic Calvary Cemetery. It is open to the public during daylight hours.
Brick Church Mound and Village Site. May 7, 1973. ( #73001759) East of Brick Church Pike [7] 36°14′51″N 86°46′32″W. / 36.247469°N 86.775689°W / 36.247469; -86.775689 ( Brick Church Mound and Village Site) Nashville. A multi-mound Mississippian culture site, leveled in the 1970s and 80s for a residential neighborhood. 19.
This article pertains to the history of Nashville, the state capital of Tennessee. Native Americans had not lived in the area in the century before a frontier post of Fort Nashborough was built here in 1779 by pioneers from North Carolina. In 1784 it was incorporated as a town by the North Carolina legislature; it became a city in 1806.
615, 629. Donelson is a neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee, about 6 mi (10 km) east of downtown Nashville along U.S. Route 70. [1] It is named in honor of John Donelson, co-founder of Nashville and father-in-law of Andrew Jackson, Nashvillian and seventh President of the United States. Donelson is governed by the Metropolitan Council of ...
Davidson County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in the heart of Middle Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 715,884, [2] making it the 2nd most populous county in Tennessee. Its county seat is Nashville, [3] the state capital and most populous city . Since 1963, the city of Nashville and Davidson County ...
The Metropolitan Council is the 3rd largest in the United States, behind the Chicago City Council and the New York City Council. [1] The Historic Metro Courthouse, 1 Public Square, is where the Council meets. Under the Metropolitan Charter, members must be over the age of 25 and have lived within Davidson County for a year at the beginning of ...
Kennetha Patterson speaks during the Black Tennessee Voices LIVE event at National Museum of African American Music in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. There’s a lot to be said about ...