Donelson
Donelson is a neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee, about 6 mi east of downtown Nashville along U.S. Route 70. It is named in honor of John Donelson, co-founder of Nashville and father-in-law of Andrew Jackson, Nashvillian and seventh President of the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Also known as: “Donelson Station”, “Donelson, Tennessee”, “McWhirtersville”, “McWhortersville”, “Slip Up”, “Spring Place”, and “Stones River Station”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Donelson station and McGavock Elementary School.
Donelson station
Railway station
Donelson station is a train station in Nashville, Tennessee, serving the WeGo Star commuter rail service. It serves the neighborhood of Donelson. Service began September 18, 2006.
McGavock Elementary School
School
Metro Nashville Public Schools is a school district that serves the city of Nashville, Tennessee and Davidson County. As of the 2020–21 school year more than 80,000 students were enrolled in the district's 162 schools.
Tennessee School for the Blind
School
Tennessee School for the Blind is a K–12 school for blind children in Clover Bottom, Nashville, Tennessee. It is overseen by the Tennessee Department of Education. It was previously in Rolling Mill Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hermitage and Inglewood.
Hermitage
Hermitage is a neighborhood of Nashville, adjacent to – and named in honor of – The Hermitage, the historic home of Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States.Inglewood
Neighborhood
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. Inglewood is situated 5 miles northwest of Donelson.
Hopewell
Hamlet
Hopewell is a neighborhood in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States. It lies at an elevation of 472 feet. The role of Hopewell and the manipulation of the votes of its predominantly African-American population for the purposes of early 20th century machine politics in Tennessee is described in The Secrets of the Hopewell Box by James D. Hopewell is situated 5 miles northeast of Donelson.
Donelson
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Davidson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.16256° or 36° 9′ 45″ northLongitude
-86.67° or 86° 40′ 12″ westElevation
541 feet (165 metres)Open location code
868M587J+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 153489736OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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