Nashville

History

The initial plat for Nashville was on land originally purchased by John R. Pettibone on February 15, 1836. The land was part of Barry Township and then Hastings Township until February 16, 1842, when the land became Section 36 of the newly formed Castleton Township. By 1865, Robert B. Gregg owned the land and platted 127 lots on the south side of the Thornapple River. The survey was done by Joshua Martin and certified on October 2, 1865. Gregg's first lot sale was to Enos Kuhlman. By 1875, seven additions had been made to the original plat. In 1852, Henry Feighner and his brother Solomon arrived from Ohio seeking to buy land. In addition to purchased from Horace Butler, Henry bought the property of Hiram Hanchett, including Hanchett’s sawmill located on the west side of the Thornapple. Solomon managed the sawmill until Henry sold the property to Phillip Holler in about 1865. In 1867, across the river from Holler's sawmill, a gristmill was built by Eli and M. V. B. Mallett, and G. W. Johnson. Holler bought the new gristmill from the Mallett's and Johnson in 1868. Holler continued to use the original sawmill as a feedmill. Some time after 1869, probably 1873–1874, Griffith and Grant built a grain elevator alongside the new Grand River Valley Division of the Michigan Central Railroad. In 1874 Ainsworth and Brooks bought the elevator and 3 years later added a steam powered feedmill. It was at that time that Holler initiated a new patent process for making flour. Holler's mill became known as the Nashville Roller Mills. And by 1916, when Louis Lass and son Otto bought the mill, flour was sold as Red-eye Flour. Until 1869 the community had remained nameless. In 1866 the chief engineer for the Grand River Valley Railroad began a survey for a route from Jackson to Grand…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,773
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  3,540
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,534
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,462
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  3,302
• White-breasted Nuthatch

  Sitta carolinensis Latham, 1790 · Aves
  3,154
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2,959
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,853

Largest nearby schools

• Star Elementary School
  Elementary · HASTINGS · 305 students · 16.9:1 ratio
• Southeastern Elementary School
  Elementary · HASTINGS · 284 students · 15.8:1 ratio
• Fuller Street Elementary School
  Elementary · NASHVILLE · 222 students · 12.3:1 ratio
• Lakewood Early Childhood Center
  Elementary · Woodland · 172 students · 21.5:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 3.3 — 2015-06-30
  5 km NNE of Burlington, Michigan
• M 4.2 — 2015-05-02
  5 km S of Galesburg, Michigan