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Nashville was originally called New Nashville; under the latter name, it was laid out in 1830. [6] The local post office was established as Nashville in 1831. [7] On June 28, 2020, Nashville was the site of a successful attempt at the world record for most pogo stick jumps with no hands. Caleb Klein set the record with 13,015 consecutive jumps. [8]
The Louisville and Nashville Depot, located at 101 East Railroad Street in Nashville, Illinois, is the city's former Louisville and Nashville Railroad station. The station was built in 1885 as part of the L&N's expansion through Southern Illinois in the 1880s.
Nashville Township is located in Washington County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,676 and it contained 1,627 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,676 and it contained 1,627 housing units.
On July 26, 2022, a secondary dam on the city reservoir was breached after over four inches of rain fell near Nashville in less than 12 hours, causing a 6-foot breach and flooding nearly 40 acres ...
Washington County was formed on January 2, 1818, out of St. Clair County.It was named for George Washington.Despite its relative proximity to the Illinois suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, the county is not considered part of the St. Louis metropolitan area, also known as the Metro-East.
US 31E begins as the Ellington Parkway at the corner of Main Street and US 31, US 31W, US 41 and US 431 (Spring Street) just east of Interstate 24 (I-24). It never intersects Interstate 40 . The freeway's interchanges in the middle of the route mainly includes locally maintained streets such as Cleveland Street, East Trinity Lane, Hart Lane ...
Forrest was made the Grand Wizard of the Invisible Empire. [5] Chapters of the new association sprang up across the South, and the first national meeting of the KKK took place at the hotel in April 1867. [6] [7] What local citizens called "Overton's Folly" [3] was finally completed and opened in fall 1869; total costs were $500,000. [1]
This list of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois, has 89 entries including Eads Bridge, which spans into Missouri and which the National Park Service credits to Missouri's National Historic Landmark list. Also added are two sites that were once National Historic Landmarks before having their designations removed.