Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States
| Nashville, Oregon | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Agricultural field just off Nashville Road in Nashville | |
  NashvilleShow map of Oregon NashvilleShow map of the United States | |
| Coordinates: 44°39′11″N 123°36′29″W / 44.653°N 123.608°W / 44.653; -123.608 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Lincoln |
| Elevation | 239 ft (73 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 97326 |
| Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
Nashville is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. Its post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1978 and is now served by the Blodgett, Oregon, 97326 post office. It was founded by Wallis Nash [Wikidata], who came from England to settle in Oregon in 1879. He died in Nashville in 1926.
Further reading
- Nash, Wallis. Oregon: There and Back in 1877. Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press, 1976 (Reprint of 1878 ed.). Project Gutenberg free ebook
References
- Oregon Hometown Locator
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L (2003) . Oregon geographic names. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 690. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- Bennett, Tom; Edmonston Jr., George. "Part 9 of 30: Wallis Nash...a 'gift' to Corvallis college from Victorian England". Oregon State University Alumni Association. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
| Municipalities and communities of Lincoln County, Oregon, United States | ||
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| County seat: Newport | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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