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Davidson County

county in Tennessee, United States
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Summary

Davidson County is a county of Tennessee[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of county of tennessee entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,800 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tennessee[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Nashville[5]
  • Shares border with: Robertson County[6], Sumner County[7], Wilson County[8], Rutherford County[9], Williamson County[10], Cheatham County[11]
  • Named after: William Lee Davidson[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Nashville[13]
  • Commons category: Davidson County, Tennessee[14]
  • Inception: April 18, 1783[15]
  • Coordinate location: 36.17, -86.78[16]
  • Authority: Metro Nashville and Davidson County[17]
  • Official website: https://www.nashville.gov/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Davidson County, Tennessee[19]
  • Population: 626,681[20], 627,957[21], 635,606[22], 648,801[23], 658,602[24], 678,889[25], 715,884[26]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Davidson County, Tennessee[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Davidson County, Tennessee[29]
  • Number of households: 289,191[30]
  • Native label: Davidson County[31]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110134[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Davidson County, Tennessee[33]
  • Different from: Davidson County[34]
  • Area: 1363[35]
  • Water as percent of area: 4.2[36]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Davidson County, Tennessee[37]
  • Open data portal: Open Data portal for Nashville[38]

Why It Matters

Davidson County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

Tennessee United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Davidson County, Te
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Davidson County, Tennessee.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States preside"
  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3814793
    Taxonomicon id → 1807719
    Obo gazetteer id → 00009800
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1783-04-18T00:00:00Z
    Named after → William Lee Davidson
    C-span organization id → —
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 36.17, 'longitude': -86.78}
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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