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County Courthouse
200 Plaza Dr,
Bardstown, KY 40004
Phone: (502)
348-3648
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HISTORY
NELSON COUNTY:
The fourth county created in what is now Kentucky, it was formed
from Jefferson County, Kentucky in 1784, shortly after the
Revolutionary War. The county was named for Thomas Nelson,
Jr., the Virginia Governor who signed the Declaration of
Independence. In 1807, after Kentucky had become a state, a
newly created Virginia county was named in his honor..
It's county seat is Bardstown.
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COMMUNITIES: |
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Bardstown
* Bloomfield |
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Faifield
* New Haven |
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CENSUS designative Places |
* Boston
* Chaplin |
* New Hope |
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unincorporated places |
* Balltown
* Bellwood
* Botland
* Cedar Creek
* Coxs Creek
* Culvertown
* Deatsville
* Gethsemane
* Greenbrier |
* Highgrove
* Howardstown
* Icetown
* Lenore
* Nazareth
* Saint Thomas
* Samuels
* Trappist
* Woodlawn |
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Adjacent counties:
1. Spencer County
(north)
2. Anderson County, northeast)
3. Washington County (east)
4. Marion County (southeast)
5. LaRue County (south)
6. Hardin County (west)
7. Bullitt County (northwest) |
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County Seat: Bardstown
Year Organized: Nov. 29, 1784
Square Miles: 424 sq. mi.
Named after Thomas Nelson, Jr.
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