| Official Name: | Nashville, Missouri |
| Settlement Type: | unincorporated community |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Barton |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 125.9 |
| Area Land Km2: | 125.6 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.3 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 48.6 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 48.5 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.1 |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Total: | 396 |
| Population Density Km2: | 3.2 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 8.2 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 955 |
| Coordinates: | 37.375°N -94.4917°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 29-51248[1] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0723124 |
Nashville is a small unincorporated community in southwestern Barton County one mile north of the Barton-Jasper county line, near the western border of Missouri, United States. It is on Missouri Route AA one mile west of Route 43. The community is approximately twelve miles southwest of Lamar and 22 miles north of Joplin.[2]
Developed in a rural, farming area, Nashville was platted in 1869 after the American Civil War.[3] The name is a transfer from Nashville, Tennessee. A post office called Nashville had been established in 1861, and remained in operation until 1959.[4]
Harlow Shapley was born at Nashville in 1885. He became a notable American astronomer and was director of the Harvard College Observatory (1921–1952).[5]