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Nashville was laid out and platted in 1834 with 32 lots. Some stores and blacksmith shops were erected. However, a 1916 book on the county's history reports that the stores "disappeared long ago", though the blacksmith shops lasted longer, and all that was left of the community by then was a few houses. [3] [4]
The schools include Brown County Middle School serving grades 6-8, and Brown County High School which serves grades 9-12. The Brown County School Corporation Administration Office, affectionately referred to as the "White House" is located in Nashville as well. [13] Nashville has a public library, a branch of the Brown County Public Library. [14]
The county covers a nominal 320 square miles (830 km 2), measuring a surveyed 16 miles (26 km) from east to west and 20 miles (32 km) from north to south. In August 1836, the land was divided into five townships of Jackson, Hamblen, Washington, Johnson, and Van Buren. Nashville, then known as Jacksonburg, was chosen as the county seat.
In the 19th century, much of the present-day route of US 31E was a stagecoach path between Louisville and Nashville, and before that a postal route at least by 1820. [ 5 ] Originally part of the Jackson Highway , the Works Progress Administration measured the total distance on US 31E in Kentucky as 147.8 miles (237.9 km).
Gnaw Bone is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Brown County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2] Gnaw Bone is situated on State Highway 46, between Nashville and Columbus . The small community contains three flea markets .
F.P. Taggart Store, also known as the Hobnob Corner Restaurant, is a historic general store located at Nashville, Brown County, Indiana. It was built between 1870 and 1875, and is a two-story, balloon frame building measuring 24 feet wide by 90 feet deep. The interior retains a number of original features including oak pane flooring. [2]: 2
Southern Wells Jr./Sr. High School is a public high school located approximately 4.5 miles southwest of Poneto, Indiana in greater Wells County. Southern Wells serves the entire elementary, junior high and high school for the area. The school was opened after a consolidation between Jackson, Chester, Nottingham, and Liberty Schools.
Miller Arcade is a Grade II listed shopping centre in Preston, Lancashire, England. [1] The building was opened in 1899 and is located in Preston's city centre and is Preston's first indoor shopping centre. [2] The building is modelled on a much larger shopping centre, Burlington Arcade, London. [2]