After 2016 , the population of the Nashville—Davidson–Murfreesboro–Columbia combined area was of 2,027,489 people .
The 2017 population of the Nashville—Davidson–Murfreesboro–Columbia combined statistical area , a larger trade area , was 2,027,489.Named for Francis Nash , a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War , the city was founded in 1779 .
Nashville, Tennessee