Nashville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Lincoln County,

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

, United States. Its post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1978 and is now served by the

Blodgett, Oregon Blodgett is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon, United States, where Oregon Route 180 meets U.S. Route 20 in the Central Oregon Coast Range west of Corvallis. It is near the confluence of the ...

, 97326 post office. It was founded by Wallis Nash,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. who came from England to settle in Oregon in 1879. He died in Nashville in 1926.

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Unincorporated communities in Lincoln County, Oregon 1888 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1888 Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{LincolnCountyOR-geo-stub

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