Robertson and Urbandale sit at the west edge of The Nations, on either side of Briley Parkway. Robertson is the area west of the parkway and north of Robertson Avenue, out to Annex Avenue — James, Ries, Waco, Nashua, Vernon, Laramie, Laredo and Duluth among its streets — laid out between 1904 and 1914 from subdivisions of the old Cockrill farm, with additions from 1958 to 1970. The avenue it is named for was, according to a 1935 marker on Charlotte Avenue, the original driveway to Travelers’ Rest, the home of Nashville’s founder James Robertson; that old road’s path is now part of Briley Parkway and White Bridge Pike.
Urbandale is smaller and newer: two subdivisions recorded in 1951, with Urbandale, Winn, Rome and Conway among their short streets, tucked west of Delray Drive and Morrow Road beside England Park and Richland Creek, at the southwest corner of The Nations’ grid. Metro’s neighborhoods map counts it as part of The Nations, Metro’s 2017 West Nashville plan lists it on its own, and you will see “Urbandale–Nations” on listing sites. Its lots, about 50 feet wide, are still zoned R6 — the 2025 Nations rezoning left them out. Robertson is mostly zoned R8, which allows two-family homes, with a typical lot around 7,800 square feet, and Metro’s parcel records now list more condominium units there than single-family homes; Metro’s 2017 plan noted that both areas draw builders looking for in-town lots.
Daily life leans on the neighbors. Tee Line, indoor curling with a sports bar, is on Duluth Avenue in Robertson; West Park and its community center are just across Briley on Morrow Road, the park in Charlotte Park, on Deal Avenue, is just south of Robertson, and Urbandale backs onto England Park and the Richland Creek Greenway, with the 51st Avenue strip about half a mile east. Downtown is five to seven miles — 15 to 20 minutes outside rush hour — by Charlotte Avenue from Urbandale or by Briley Parkway and I-40 from Robertson.