Three more fast facts:
56% voted in favor of the consolidated government on June 28, 1962.
Beverly Briley was elected the first mayor in November 1962, and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County was implemented on April 1, 1963.
Six “satellite cities” — Berry Hill, Belle Meade, Oak Hill, Forest Hills, Goodlettsville, and Lakewood — retained charters. Lakewood had its charter dissolved after a referendum in 2011.