Bardstown, Kentucky Bardstown, Kentucky Bardstown Historic District Bardstown Historic District Location of Bardstown inside Kentucky Location of Bardstown inside Kentucky State Kentucky Bardstown is a home rule-class town/city in Nelson County, Kentucky, in the United States.
First settled by European Americans in 1780, Bardstown is the second earliest town/city in Kentucky. Named governmental center of county of the newly created Nelson County, Virginia (now Kentucky) in 1784, the town was formally established in 1788.
Reflecting the westward migration of Americans over the "Blue Ridge" after the Revolutionary War, Bardstown was also the first center of Roman Catholicism west of the Appalachian Mountains in the initial frontier territories of the United States. The Diocese of Bardstown was established on February 8, 1808, by Pope Pius VII, (1742-1823, reigned 1800-1823), to serve all Catholics between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River.
In 1841 the seat of the Diocese was transferred to the close-by larger river town and port of Louisville on the south bank of the Ohio River. Bardstown also has a Roman Catholic parochial high school, Bethlehem High School.
The Old Talbott Tavern, assembled in 1779 and positioned just off the Courthouse Square in the center of Bardstown, is part of the city's rich history. Several notable Americans passed through the tavern's doors, including famed frontiersman Daniel Boone and future 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. Bullet holes in an upstairs wall are assumed to have been shot by Jesse James. People claim to have encountered ghosts or other paranormal activeness at the tavern.
Bardstown is the site of My Old Kentucky Home State Park.
Federal Hill is depicted on the reverse of the Kentucky state quarter issued by the United States Mint in 2002. Several distilleries operate in and around the Bardstown area, including Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, Barton 1792 and Maker's Mark, which is positioned in close-by Loretto. The county-wide manufacturing of bourbon is jubilated by the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival, whose promoters have trademarked the phrase, Bourbon Capital of the World, to apply exclusively to Bardstown. The small-town tourism commission promotes the use of the trademarked phrase. A enhance exhibition, the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey, showcases this aspect of small-town history.
Bardstown's downtown region is designated as a historic precinct and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.4 square miles (19.2 km2), all but 0.1 square miles (0.3 km2) of which is land.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Bardstown has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 82.31% White (80.79% non-Hispanic), 12.39% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.56% from other competitions, and 2.78% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,712 homeholds out of which 32.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 37.3% were married couples living together, 19.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.4% were non-families.
As of the 2010 Census, the median income for a homehold in the town/city was $50,046, and the median income for a family was $60,609.
About 11.3% of families and 15.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 21.6% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 82.11% White, 15.07% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.94% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.67% from other competitions, and 1.07% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,195 homeholds out of which 34.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.7% were married couples living together, 17.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $31,497, and the median income for a family was $41,065.
Corman Railroad Central Kentucky Lines, over the former Bardstown Branch of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
It travels the line from the historic Bardstown depot to Clermont and back.
My Old Kentucky Home State Park, site of the mansion that inspired Kentucky's state song, "My Old Kentucky Home." The Kentucky Bourbon Festival jubilates Bardstown's history in the manufacturing of bourbon.
It was designated Kentucky's official bourbon festival by the Kentucky General Assembly in 2000. It was designated Kentucky's official outside musical by the Kentucky General Assembly in 2002. Almost all of the town/city is served by the Bardstown City Schools; the precinct also includes momentous portions of the built-up region outside the town/city limits. Brent A.
The school precinct includes an Early Childhood Education Center, Primary School, Elementary School, Middle School and High School. Some of the town/city is instead served by the encircling Nelson County School District.
Bardstown Historic District a b c d "Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer - Bardstown".
Kentucky League of Cities.
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
"History of Bardstown steeped in bourbon", The Courier Journal, April 4, 2007 Kentucky Bourbon Festival web site.
Bardstown Tourism Commission Archived April 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
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"Climate Summary for Bardstown, Kentucky".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Bardstown, Kentucky - Civil War Attractions".
Kentucky State Symbols Archived January 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
"Bardstown City Schools Boundary".
Compare with the current town/city limits of Bardstown from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
"Bardstown City Schools".
Bardstown City Schools.
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