Nashville North Carolina (Town of Nashville)

Nashville, N.C. is the oldest of the thirteen Nashvilles in the United States. When Nash County was created from Edgecombe County in 1777, a county seat was required.  Construction for the county's first courthouse began in 1777 and was completed in 1778 with Nashville then being referred to first as Nash Court House by Peach Tree Creek in many stories and later simply referred to as Nash Court House in records.