Editing Nashville, Georgia

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'''Nashville''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Berrien County, Georgia|Berrien County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[United States]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The population was 7,029 at the 2022 census estimates.<ref name="Census 2022">{{cite web| url= https://www.gacities.com/Directories/Cities/NASHVILLE/54264| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2022 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Nashville city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=November 4, 2013}}</ref> It is called the "City of [[Dogwood]]s", as the tree grows in large numbers around the area.{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}

==History==
[[File:Nashville, Georgia (circa 1905).jpg|thumb|left|Nashville Square, circa 1905]]
Nashville was founded about 1840. In 1856, Nashville was designated seat of the newly formed Berrien County. It was incorporated as a town in 1892 and as a city in 1900.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA241 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | access-date=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=241| isbn=978-1135948597 }}</ref> While some say the city is named after [[Francis Nash]] (1742–1777), an officer in the American Revolutionary War, many historical articles in the local newspaper claim otherwise.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/n.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=156 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> '' The Berrien Press'' published an article in its November 22, 2006 edition under the title of ''Will the Naming of Nashville Controversy Ever Be Truly Settled?''<ref>The Berrien Press, page 2, November 22, 2006</ref>  The 2006 article pointed to ''The Griffin Papers'', written in the 1930s, and several articles from ''The Nashville Herald'' - December 24, 1909, October 14, 1910, January 19, 1933, June 13, 1935, June 29, 1944, October 12, 1950, November 27, 1952, and March 5, 1953. Every one of these articles, and the 1956 Berrien County Centennial plates all lay claim to Nashville being named after Simon W. Nash, a local citizen of the 1850s and 1860s.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|12.2|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|12.0|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|km2|order=flip}}, or 1.13%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1354264| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212183131/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1354264| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Nashville city, Georgia| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=November 4, 2013}}</ref>

=== Climate ===
The climate in this area is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Nashville has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=732690&cityname=Nashville%2C+Georgia%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Nashville, Georgia]</ref>
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| location = Nashville, Georgia
| single line = Yes
| metric first = Yes
| Jan high F = 62
| Feb high F = 66
| Mar high F = 72
| Apr high F = 80
| May high F = 86
| Jun high F = 91
| Jul high F = 92
| Aug high F = 92
| Sep high F = 88
| Oct high F = 81
| Nov high F = 73
| Dec high F = 65
| year high F = 79
| Jan low F = 37
| Feb low F = 40
| Mar low F = 46
| Apr low F = 53
| May low F = 60
| Jun low F = 66
| Jul low F = 68
| Aug low F = 68
| Sep low F = 65
| Oct low F = 54
| Nov low F = 45
| Dec low F = 39
| year low F = 53
| Jan precipitation inch = 4.5
| Feb precipitation inch = 4.8
| Mar precipitation inch = 4.7
| Apr precipitation inch = 4.2
| May precipitation inch = 4.4
| Jun precipitation inch = 4.9
| Jul precipitation inch = 5.6
| Aug precipitation inch = 6.1
| Sep precipitation inch = 3.4
| Oct precipitation inch = 2.1
| Nov precipitation inch = 2.5
| Dec precipitation inch = 4.2
| year precipitation inch = 51.2
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Retrieved on September 28, 2013.
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| date = September 2013
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 95
|1890= 426
|1900= 293
|1910= 990
|1920= 2025
|1930= 1672
|1940= 2449
|1950= 3414
|1960= 4070
|1970= 4323
|1980= 4831
|1990= 4782
|2000= 4697
|2010= 4939
|2020= 4947
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Nashville racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1354264&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|3,470
|70.14%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,047
|21.16%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|11
|0.22%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|22
|0.44%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|201
|4.06%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|196
|3.96%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 4,947 people, 2,032 households, and 1,217 families residing in the city.

== Education ==
Berrien County students in kindergarten to grade twelve are in the [[Berrien County School District]], which consists of two elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, and a charter school.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=610&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved May 30, 2010.</ref>  The district has 172 full-time teachers and over 3,037 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/BERRIEN/BERRIEN_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved May 30, 2010.</ref>
*Berrien Primary School
*Berrien Elementary School
*Berrien Middle School
*[[Berrien High School]]
*Berrien Academy

The city of Nashville is served by a public library, the Carrie Dorsey Perry Memorial Library, a part of the [[Coastal Plain Regional Library System]] network.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cprl.org/carrie-dorsey-perry-memorial-library.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030002423/http://www.cprl.org/carrie-dorsey-perry-memorial-library.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2015-10-30 | title=Carrie Dorsey Perry Memorial Library | publisher=Coastal Plain Regional Library | access-date=2017-05-10 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.cityofnashvillega.net City of Nashville official website]

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