South Nashville Real Estate

South Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville has a population of 545,549. While it may not have many tourist attractions, entertainment venues, upscale restaurant chains, or new shopping malls, South Nashville has the behind-the-scenes, nuts-and-bolts industries necessary for commerce and progress.

Transportation industries and warehousing, along with building suppliers, dominate the industrial landscape, especially north of Lebanon Road along the Cumberland River and along Elm Hill Pike. Transportation has a presence in barge, over the road, and rail modes and in the sales and servicing of tractor trailers, RVs, cargo trucks, motorcycles, automobiles, and — for those who like a more leisurely pace — golf carts. MTA has its bus headquarters here, too. The CSX railway with its freight trains is prominent in this area, including many a company spur.

Residents enjoy established neighborhoods with a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds. The vast majority of the housing units are more than 21 years old, and construction of new homes is uncommon. With its central location, 37210 is great for commuting downtown or anywhere in the county.

South Nashville has three waterways, the Cumberland River, Mill Creek, and Brown's Creek. Just a block off Lebanon Road is the Tennessee Central Railway Museum with its own crowded ''rail yard'' of train cars and engine Some neighborhoods are close enough to downtown that they can get a free view of the Greer Stadium fireworks, can hear the roar of auto racing at the State Fairgrounds racetrack, and can tell when the Titans score a touchdown at The Coliseum. A Nashville tradition, the Goo Goo Cluster, has its home at the Standard Candy Co.

One of the historic buildings still standing is the Southern Turf Building on 4th avenue. It used to house a hotel and gambling house, but is now an attorneys office.

In 1895 a nationally famous bookmaker named Marcus Cartwright erected the Southern Turf Saloon at 212 Fourth Avenue North. He filled it with mirrors, bronze statues, rare paintings and maghogany furnishings and served only the finest spirits and cigars. The structure is still standing, along with two other buildings of the same time period - The Climax Saloon (at 210 Fourth Avenue North) and the Utopia Hotel (at 206 Fourth Avenue North).

There are two large lakes right next to Nashville - J. Percy Priest Lake and Old Hickory Lake on the Cumberland River. There are lots of cool beaches, campgrounds and fun areas to play at the lake, as well as picnic areas, nature trails, a water park, called Nashville Shores and even a visitor center beside J. Percy Priest Dam.

South Nashville, Tennessee Demographic Information