Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is on the Cumberland River in Davidson County. Nashville is the home of the Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and many major record labels.
Nashville has 689,447 people in it (according to the 2020 census).[3] A resident of Nashville is called a Nashvillian.
Government and politics
The City of Nashville and Davidson County joined in 1963 as a way for Nashville to fight the problems of urban sprawl. The joint metropolitan government offers services such as police, firefighting, electricity, running water, and waste water disposal.
History
On March 3, 2020, a tornado tracked west to east, just north of the downtown Nashville area, killing at least 25 people and leaving tens of thousands without electricity.[4]
On December 25, 2020, a suicide bombing happened in the city.[5]
Sports teams
Nashville sports teams include:
- Tennessee Titans - football
- Nashville Predators - ice hockey
- Nashville Sounds - baseball
- Nashville SC - soccer
Nashville, Tennessee Media
Nashville riverfront shortly after the American Civil War
Belmont Mansion was occupied by Union troops in December 1864; the library with Union uniforms on some chairs
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View from the Tennessee State Capitol c. 1865
- Sky line view of Nashville, Tenn (74039).jpg
Sky line view of Nashville, Tenn (74039)
- Nashville by Sentinel-2, 2020-07-11.jpg
Satellite image of Nashville 2020
Plan of physiographic geological regions of Tennessee
- Blue Angels honored frontline workers with formation flights over Nashville and Little Rock. (49897946906).jpg
U.S. Navy Blue Angels over Nashville in 2020
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Ethnic origins in Nashville
- AT&T Building, Commerce Street and 3rd Avenue, Nashville, TN (54384169042).jpg
333 Commerce is the tallest building in Tennessee.
- Half-chicken (dark meat) at Hattie B's with side of baked beans and mac & cheese.jpg
Half-chicken at Hattie B's with side of baked beans and mac and cheese
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – County – County Subdivision and Place: 2010 Census Summary File 1". U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Davidson County, Tennessee". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "QuickFacts: Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Tennessee". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ↑ Gee, Brandon; Timothy Bella; Kim Bellware; Matthew Cappucci (March 3, 2020). "Tornadoes kill at least 19 people, leave trail of destruction in and around Nashville". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- ↑ Sutton, Caroline (December 25, 2020). "Christmas Day bombing damages much of Nashville's 2nd Ave" (in en). WTVF-TV. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/explosion-reported-downtown-nashville-police-investigating. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
Notes
- ↑ Consolidated refers to the population of Davidson County; Balance refers to the population of Nashville excluding other incorporated cities within the Nashville-Davidson boundary.
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