Bardstown, Kentucky

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Bardstown
Nelson County Courthouse, center of historic downtown
Nelson County Courthouse, center of historic downtown
Bardstown in Nelson County
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Basic data
Foundation : 1780
State : United States
State : Kentucky
County : Nelson County
Coordinates : 37 ° 49 ′  N , 85 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 49 ′  N , 85 ° 28 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 11,700 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,602.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 7.4 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of
which 7.3 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 197 m
Postal code : 40004
Area code : +1 502
FIPS : 21-03628
GNIS ID : 0486333
Website : www.cityofbardstown.org
Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral, oldest Catholic cathedral west of the Allegheny Mountains
Willett. The smallest of the five whiskey distilleries in the city and the surrounding area.

Bardstown is a small town in the bluegrass region of the US state of Kentucky . The city with 14,000 inhabitants is the administrative seat of Nelson County .

With an official founding in 1788, Bardstown is the second oldest city in Kentucky. The bishopric of Bardstown , founded in 1808, was the first Catholic bishopric in the USA west of the Appalachians and was temporarily responsible for the entire area between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River .

The historic downtown area is listed as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places . Bardstown is located in the middle of the Bourbon Country from which a large part of the bourbon whiskey produced worldwide comes. In Bardstown and its suburbs, Jim Beam , Heaven Hill , Barton 1792 , Willett and Maker's Mark are five of the great bourbon distilleries. The city advertises itself as the Bourbon Capital of the World , downtown is home to the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History, and the city hosts the Kentucky Bourbon Festival once a year .

history

The first settlers settled in the area in 1770 and named their settlement Salem . In 1780 David Bard received 100 acres of land from the then Governor of Virginia Patrick Henry and began a town on the site. Maryland , Virginia, and Pennsylvania settlers bought individual pieces of land from Bard. A larger settlement emerged, which was founded as a city in 1788. Bardstown was Kentucky's third largest city in 1790, with a population of 216.

Cityscape

In total, more than 200 buildings in Bardstown are on the National Register of Historic Places . The historic city center is dominated by the Nelson County Courthouse . The Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral - the first Catholic cathedral in the USA west of the Allegheny Mountains .

tourism

The most important economic pillar of the city is tourism. In addition to the various bourbon-related attractions, popular tourist destinations include the Old Talbott Tavern , the original restaurant and bar from 1799 and the My Old Kentucky Home State Park . After Federal Hill , the building, which is the center of state parks, to the anthem Kentucky, My Old Kentucky Home , have arisen.

The five whiskey distilleries offer guided tours.

sons and daughters of the town

literature

  • Dixie Hibbs: Bardstown: Hospitality, History, and Bourbon Arcadia Publishing, 2002 ISBN 0738523917

Web links

Commons : Bardstown, Kentucky  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b City of Bardstown: About Bardstown ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cityofbardstown.org archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed December 14, 2014
  2. ^ A b Dixie Hibbs: Bardstown in: John E. Kleber (ed.): The Kentucky Encyclopedia University Press of Kentucky ISBN 0813128838
  3. ↑ Kentucky Atlas & Gazeteer: Bardstown .
  4. ^ A b History of Bardstown steeped in bourbon , Courier-Journal April 3, 2007