Little Nashville, Alabama Explained

Official Name:Little Nashville, Alabama
Pushpin Map:Alabama#USA
Pushpin Label:Little Nashville
Pushpin Label Position:top
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Alabama
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Jackson
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:630
Coordinates:34.7528°N -86.2311°W
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:156615

Little Nashville is a ghost town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States.[1]

The settlement was located along the Paint Rock River. Northeast of the settlement is a hilly projection of land called "Little Nashville Point".

History

The settlement was named "Little Nashville" because a steel bridge fabricated in Nashville, Tennessee crossed the Paint Rock River at that location. Little Nashville was once "a thriving village".[1]

A former home in Little Nashville was described as the Paint Rock River valley's best example of Queen Anne style architecture, while The Browning House (c. 1850) west of Little Nashville served as a Union Army hospital during the Civil War.[2]

Little Nashville Farm, a 972acres property identified as an "Alabama Treasure Forest", is located at the former settlement.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vansant . Coleen . Forest Management "Mountain Style" . Alabama's Treasured Forests . . Winter 1999 .
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64500897}} Historic Resources of the Paint Rock Valley, 1820-1954 ]. National Park Service . March 1992 .