Nashville, Missouri
Nashville is a small unincorporated community in southwestern Barton County, near the western border of Missouri, United States. Route 43 passes a mile east of it, and the community is approximately twelve miles southwest of Lamar.
Developed in a rural, farming area, Nashville was platted in 1869 after the American Civil War. The name is a transfer from Nashville, Tennessee. A post office called Nashville had been established in 1861, and remained in operation until 1959.
Harlow Shapley was born at Nashville in 1885. He became a notable American astronomer and was director of the Harvard College Observatory.
