Cameron Trimble (Chestnut Hill)

Take a close look at the map for this neighborhood, and you’ll see that Brown’s Creek runs along its eastern edge. Unsurprisingly, that creek flooded during our deluge back in May. While Nashville rarely sees floods as epic as that one, anyone looking at properties on those easternmost streets will need to keep the waters in mind.

If you approach Cameron Trimble from the wrong direction, you’ll get the wrong impression, because most of Lafayette Street/Murfreesboro Pike is really quite…ugly. It’s an older business/industrial strip: we’re talking Concrete, asphalt, cinderblock and brick buildings, and barely any trees. Lawns are practically non-existent.

Things are better in places as you move south of Lafayette, though, so take a closer look before you write off the area.

Lafayette Street, by the way, is another of those streets that’s not pronounced the way you might expect. I’m a “transplant” to this area, and I still slip up and call it “La-fay-ETTE.” Most natives say “La-FAY-ette,” with the emphasis on the second syllable instead of the third. (I can’t say it’s “a Southern thang,” because I grew up in the South! So let’s call it a “Nashville thing” instead.)

The bus service here is reasonable. MTA’s Route 12 runs down 4th Avenue and up 2nd. The #15 goes up and down Layfayette/Murfreesboro. The #25 connector route skirts through the corner up by I-40. The #18, the Airport Express, stops at Lafayette and Wharf on select runs.

Near Lafayette Street and Fourth Ave South, you will come across the Chesnut Hill or Cameron Trimble area. Not to far away from the Trevecca Nazarene University or from downtown, there are numerous houses that are for sale or for rent. Many of the homes in the area are in need of some renovations as well as some homes that need to be tore down.

If you are looking for something to do in your own neighborhood, this is not the place that you will want to be in as there is not much of anything to do. However; not to far away there are a number of things that you can do as a family. Located on Nolensville Road, the Nashville Zoo is open year round and can be a fun outing with the kids. The Nashville Science Adventure Center is a good choice to spend a Saturday afternoon with the kids if they are interested in science and all things that move.

Nolensville Road area is well known for being a popular area for the Hispanics of Nashville. You have a number of Mexican restaurants to choose from as well as good home cooking restaurants as well. Directly across from the zoo is one of the best places to grab a plate of food. If you are looking for fast food restaurants, there are the usual places as well such as McDonalds, Arby’s, Hardee’s, Popeye’s Chicken, Subway inside of Wal-Mart and many more. Located on this end of town is a Captain D’s restaurant.

There are plenty of things to do in other close areas of Nashville if this is the area that you want to choose to live in. A short drive is all it takes to reach the Zoo or to reach the Adventure Center.

Cameron Trimble is bordered by Lafayette St., 4th Ave. South, and Creek St, and is between the Trevecca Nazarene University area and downtown. Basically, there are lower priced homes in the neighborhood.

There is not a lot to do in this area itself, but it is in close proximity to a lot of fun things. Nearby is the Adventure Science Center, and the Nashville Zoo, and downtown and all that is offered there.

Farther down 4th Ave North, where it turns into Nolensville Rd is one of the best Mexican restaurants in town: Taqueria La Hacienda, located in one of Nashville's largest Hispanic communities.