| Official Name: | Nashville, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Berrien |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.72 |
| Area Land Km2: | 12.58 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.14 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.91 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.86 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.05 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 7,371 |
| Population Density Km2: | 393.30 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1018.74 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 31.2069°N -83.2467°W |
| Elevation M: | 73 |
| Elevation Ft: | 240 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 31639,31620 |
| Area Code: | 229,912 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-54264[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0332466[3] |
Nashville is a city in and the county seat of Berrien County, Georgia, United States.[4] The population was 7,029 at the 2022 census estimates.[5] It is called the "City of Dogwoods", as the tree grows in large numbers around the area.
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.[6] 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.[7] 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?[8] 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.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.2km2, of which 12km2 is land and 0.1km2, or 1.13%, is water.[9]
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.[10]
| White (non-Hispanic) | 3,470 | 70.14% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,047 | 21.16% | |
| Native American | 11 | 0.22% | |
| Asian | 22 | 0.44% | |
| Other/Mixed | 201 | 4.06% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 196 | 3.96% |
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.[12] The district has 172 full-time teachers and over 3,037 students.[13]
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.[14]