It’s always fun to learn a little bit about where you live, hey? What’s going on behind closed doors, where the city came from and how its become where its at. We’ve found twelve quirky facts that will make you scratch your head – and crown you the local know-it-all at trivia night.
- Nashville has 678,889 souls living within its borders as of 2015.
Hsing Wei - Flickr That’s more people than Denver, Seattle, AND Boston!
- Hatch Show Print is renowned worldwide and is one of the oldest letterpress shops in the nation.
Flickr / Kat Jenkinson It has made its home in Nashville since its inception in 1879.
- Al Capone stopped at Nashville’s Union Station as he was taken to a penitentiary in Georgia.
Sean Davis - Flickr So, we’re basically the headquarters of the olden-days mafia. Right? Right.
- Three presidents have called Nashville home.
Stephen Melkisethian - Flickr Presidents Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson.
- Pancake Pantry changed the vibe of Nashville breakfast after its opening in 1961.
Jimmy Emerson, DVM - Flickr This is definitely one place where it’s worth it to wait around the block for a pretty dang good pancake.
- The windows at the Country Music Hall of Fame are designed to resemble piano keys.
Ryan McGilchrist - Flickr It’s really living up to its name, don’t you think?
- The Hermitage Hotel located in downtown is the only Five-Star, Five-Diamond hotel in the city.
OzinOH - Flickr So…we have to stay there, right? It’s gorgeous! John F. Kennedy even stayed here, and the famed Al Capone.
- Nashville received the first license to air on FM radio waves in 1941.
Alan Levine - Flickr Our radio media hasn’t been the same since.
- There is a memorial in Bicentennial Park that commemorates the 1960 sit-in that spoke out against segregation.
HD Vision - Flickr It celebrates a very powerful moment in Nashville during the civil rights movement.
- Nashville was first known as, “Music City” after a radio announcer created the moniker on air in the 1950’s.
Flickr / Jason Mrachina It was David Cobb of WSM radio - good word, David. Good word.
- There are only four record pressing companies left in the United States, and the 1949 born United Record Pressing is one of them.
Memphis CVB - Flickr They cut records for famous folks like Elvis Presley.
- Printer’s Alley was the heartbeat of Nashville’s illegal alcohol purveyors during prohibition.
Denise Mattox - Flickr The basements were used by locals to store and make their illegal goods.
Do you know any other fun facts about Nashville? Tell us below!
Hsing Wei - Flickr
That’s more people than Denver, Seattle, AND Boston!
Flickr / Kat Jenkinson
It has made its home in Nashville since its inception in 1879.
Sean Davis - Flickr
So, we’re basically the headquarters of the olden-days mafia. Right? Right.
Stephen Melkisethian - Flickr
Presidents Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson.
Jimmy Emerson, DVM - Flickr
This is definitely one place where it’s worth it to wait around the block for a pretty dang good pancake.
Ryan McGilchrist - Flickr
It’s really living up to its name, don’t you think?
OzinOH - Flickr
So…we have to stay there, right? It’s gorgeous! John F. Kennedy even stayed here, and the famed Al Capone.
Alan Levine - Flickr
Our radio media hasn’t been the same since.
HD Vision - Flickr
It celebrates a very powerful moment in Nashville during the civil rights movement.
Flickr / Jason Mrachina
It was David Cobb of WSM radio - good word, David. Good word.
Memphis CVB - Flickr
They cut records for famous folks like Elvis Presley.
Denise Mattox - Flickr
The basements were used by locals to store and make their illegal goods.
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