Nash County, North Carolina

Nash County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, 87,420 people lived there. Its county seat is Nashville.
History.
The county was made in 1777 from Edgecombe County. It was named for Brigadier General Francis Nash, who had been wounded that year at the Battle of Germantown.
In 1855 parts of Nash County, Edgecombe County, Johnston County, and Wayne County were combined to make Wilson County.
Government.
Nash County is part of the regional Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments.
Connected Counties.
These counties are connected to Nash County:
Cities and towns.
These are the cities and towns in Nash County: