Fort Nashborough

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Fort Nashborough was an 18th-century frontier stockade settlement that served as the original nucleus of what would become Nashville, Tennessee.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf frontier fort
historic settlement
stockade
associatedWithEthnicGroup Cherokee NERFINISHED
Chickamauga Cherokee NERFINISHED
European-American settlers
constructionStart 1779
coordinateSystem Nashville downtown riverfront coordinates
country United States of America
surface form: United States
foundedBy Cumberland Compact signers
James Robertson NERFINISHED
John Donelson NERFINISHED
governedBy early Cumberland settlement leadership
hasFortificationType blockhouse
palisade
stockade walls
hasHistoricalRole administrative center for early Nashville settlers
defensive stronghold against Native American attacks
hasModernSuccessor Nashville city center NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation historic site
inception 1779
locatedIn American frontier NERFINISHED
Cumberland River valley NERFINISHED
Davidson County, Tennessee NERFINISHED
Nashville NERFINISHED
Tennessee
namedAfter Francis Nash NERFINISHED
nearbyWaterBody Cumberland River NERFINISHED
originalNucleusOf Nashville NERFINISHED
partOf American Revolutionary War era frontier
Cumberland settlements NERFINISHED
precededBy Donelson flotilla migration on the Cumberland River NERFINISHED
reconstructedAs Fort Nashborough replica
reconstructionLocation downtown Nashville riverfront
reconstructionMaterial log
region Middle Tennessee NERFINISHED
significantEvent Chickamauga Cherokee attacks
Cumberland Compact signing
significantFor early history of Nashville
pioneer settlement in Tennessee
westward expansion
timePeriod 18th century
topicOf local Nashville historical interpretation
touristAttractionStatus local tourist attraction (reconstructed site)
usedFor defense
governance of Cumberland settlements
settlement
trade

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Tennessee frontier hasSettlement Fort Nashborough