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Bardstown
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city in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Nelson
- Settled
- Salem, 1770s
- Established
- Bard's Town, 1780
- Incorporated
- Bardstown, 1790
- Mayor
- J. Richard Heaton
- Total
- 12.19 sq mi (31.57 km )
- Land
- 12.11 sq mi (31.36 km )
- Water
- 0.081 sq mi (0.21 km )
- Elevation
- 659 ft (201 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 13,739
- Density
- 1,120.6/sq mi (432.67/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 21-03628
- Website
- cityofbardstown.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Bardstown
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Nelson County
- Population
- 13567
- Area
- 27.328623
- Elevation
- 197
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Capital of
- Nelson County
- Official website
- www.cityofbardstown.org
- Image
- Downtown Bardstown.jpg
- Households
- 5232
- Dialing code
- 502
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- postal code
- 40004
- Commons category
- Bardstown, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Bardstown, Kentucky
- inception
- 1770-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bardstown, Kentucky
- P8168
- Buc
- water as percent of area
- 0.601
- per capita income
- 26461
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Bardstown is a home rule-class city in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 13,567 in the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Nelson County.
Bardstown is named for the pioneering Bard brothers. David Bard obtained a 1,000-acre (400 ha) land grant in 1785 in what was then Jefferson County, Virginia. William Bard surveyed and platted the town. It was originally chartered as Baird's Town in 1788, and has been known as Beardstown, and Beards Town. The production of bourbon whiskey is a major industry.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bardstown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.