Nashvilleis a city inNash County,North Carolina,United States. The town was founded in 1780 and features a rare collection of Victorian and Queen Anne style homes. It is part of theRocky Mount, North CarolinaMetropolitan Statistical Area. The estimated population of Nashville was 5,460 in 2015. It is thecounty seatofNash County.LikeNashville, Tennessee, the town and its county were named forFrancis Nash, an officer of theNorth Carolinamilitia who died in theAmerican Revolutionary War. The city sits in East Central region of North Carolina, between theResearch Triangleand the Coastal Plain.