The Nations (Nashville, Tennessee)
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This area of West Nashville is known as The Nations. It is named after the Chickasaw Nations of Native Americans that lived here in the eighteenth century and traded with early settlers. The Chickasaw leader Piomingo and his tribe allied with white settlers in 1780. In 1783, James Robertson and tribal leaders met at the Treaty Oak (which once stood at the corner of 61st and Louisiana avenues) to sign a pact guaranteeing the rights of the Chickasaw Nations in exchange for their help in protecting the Nashville settlement.
Along with the majority of the Nashville urban core and that of similar cities nationwide, The Nations underwent a long period of decline when relocation to suburban areas became popular in the 1950s. By the 1980s the area was a haven for crime and drug activity. In recent years The Nations has experienced a vibrant renewal, with crime rates dropping to city average or below, new infill development, and professional rehabbing of some of the neighborhood's many vintage Craftsman and Victorian homes. The area has benefited from its proximity to the fashionable Sylvan Park Neighborhood.
Along with the majority of the Nashville urban core and that of similar cities nationwide, The Nations underwent a long period of decline when relocation to suburban areas became popular in the 1950s. By the 1980s the area was a haven for crime and drug activity. In recent years The Nations has experienced a vibrant renewal, with crime rates dropping to city average or below, new infill development, and professional rehabbing of some of the neighborhood's many vintage Craftsman and Victorian homes. The area has benefited from its proximity to the fashionable Sylvan Park Neighborhood.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 36°9'40"N 86°51'8"W
- USN's baseball field 3 km
- Knob Hill 3.4 km
- Charlotte Park 3.5 km
- Ford Glass Plant 3.5 km
- Horton Heights 3.5 km
- Nashville Gun Club 4.9 km
- temp 6 km
- Vulcan Lands, Inc 7.8 km
- lakes of bellevue 10 km
- Hidden Lakes>Harpeth River State Park 18 km
- Sylvan Park 2.4 km
- McCabe Golf Course 2.5 km
- John C. Tune Airport (KJWN) 3.9 km
- Bells Bend Park 6.8 km
- Belle Meade 7.1 km
- Percy Warner Park 11 km
- Bellevue, Tennessee 12 km
- Harpeth Hills Golf Course 12 km
- Edwin Warner Park 13 km
- Pasquo, TN 16 km
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