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Bowling Green is a city and the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky, United States. [3] Its population was 72,294 as of the 2020 census , making it the third-most populous city in the state, after Louisville and Lexington . [ 4 ]
As of the 2020 census, the population was 134,554, [1] making it the fifth-most populous county in Kentucky. The county seat is Bowling Green. [2] Warren County is now classified as a wet county after voters approved the measure in 2018. The measure became law in January 2019 that allows alcohol to be sold county wide.
The Bowling Green Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of four counties in Kentucky, anchored by the city of Bowling Green. As of 2014, the MSA had an estimated population of 165,732.
North Warren Elementary, a school in the Warren County Public School System, is located in Smiths Grove. Secondary students in Smiths Grove attend Warren East Middle and High Schools, located west of the town and on the northeastern outskirts of Bowling Green. Smiths Grove has a lending library, a branch of the Warren County Public Library. [5]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
The Old Warren County Courthouse in Bowling Green, Kentucky was built in 1868. It is an Italianate-style building located at 429 E. 10th St. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1]
Western Kentucky University is a central part of downtown Bowling Green's continued success and growth in the 20th and 21st centuries. Formerly known as the Southern Normal School, Western Kentucky University was donated to the state and renamed to its current moniker in 1906 by its president, Henry Hardin Cherry. [5]
The building sat vacant for over 10 years and in 1977 was purchased by a group of citizens formerly known as the Bowling Green-Warren County Arts Commission. The Capitol Arts Center was reopened in September 1981 after a $1.3 million renovation project. [ 3 ]