Fort Nashborough

Fort Nashborough is an important part of Nashville TN travel and is visited by hundreds of tourists every year, mainly as it serves as the place where man first settled in the area now known as Nashville! The fort served as the fortification stockade for a settlement in earlier times. Over the course of time, the settlement developed to form what is in the present day recognized as the city of Nashville.

The original fort's building has been replaced and a new construction on the banks of the river Cumberland has been built to mark the spot. Nashville travel is incomplete without a visit to the Fort Nashborough owing to the historical significance of the spot in terms of the role it has played in forming the city.

The Nashborough Fort at Nashville in Tennessee

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Prior to the year 1779 the region that is now recognized as Nashville was actually an indeterminate stretch of land that had not been claimed by any people and had not been developed. In the month of December in the year 1779, on the eve of Christmas day as the records show, groups of people came to the region by boat, on the Cumberland River, and began to make settlements in the area.

The settlements subsequently came to be recognized as the Fort Nashborough region and further on in the future, the region was termed as Nashville. The new and current building of the Nashborough fort has been made to resemble the original building in a plethora of features in an attempt to recreate the original settings in which the pioneers of the frontier movement in the 1700's settled down. A guided tour through the establishment with a duration of twenty minutes is offered to the visitors.

More about the Nashborough Fort

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The Timothy Demonbreun statue and the sculpture of James Robertson and John Donelson who were the founders of the town are also cited as spots of tourist interest.

Visit the Fort

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Fort Nashborough Address
170 1st Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37201

Contact:
Tel: (615) 862-8400
Email: N/A

Fort Nashborough Hours:
Open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., weather permitting.

Ticket Information for the Fort Nashborough:
Admission is Free!