Nashville is a small unincorporated community in southwestern Barton County, Missouri. It is located one mile west of Route 43 about twelve miles southwest of Lamar

Lamar, Missouri

Lamar is a city in Barton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,474 at the 2011 census. It is the county seat of Barton County. Lamar is well known as the birthplace of President Harry S. Truman.-Geography:...

. The community was founded in 1869 and is named after Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

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The Nashville community was the birthplace of twin brothers Horace and Harlow Shapley

Harlow Shapley

Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer.-Career:He was born on a farm in Nashville, Missouri, and dropped out of school with only the equivalent of a fifth-grade education...

; Horace went on to become a successful farmer; Harlow became an astronomer of some renown.

Demographics

The population of the Nashville Township as of the census

Census

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of 2000 was 396. Of those 396, 190(48.0%) were male and 206(52.0%) were female. The racial makeup of the community was 98.5% White

Caucasian race

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, 1.3% Asian

Asian people

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 and 0.3% two or more races. Population density

Population density

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was 8 people per square mile.