Nashville, Oregon

Nashville, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Nashville, Oregon
Nashville, Oregon
Coordinates: 44°39′11″N 123°36′29″W / 44.653°N 123.608°W / 44.653; -123.608Coordinates: 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.[1] Its post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1978 and is now served by the Blodgett, Oregon, 97326 post office.[2] It was founded by Wallis Nash,[3] who came from England to settle in Oregon in 1879. He died in Nashville in 1926.[2]

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

  1. ↑ Oregon Hometown Locator
  2. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L (2003) [1928]. Oregon geographic names. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 690. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  3. ↑ 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.


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