Welcome to Bardstown ...The city of Bardstown is located in Nelson County<1> and is the County Seat for Nelson County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bardstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1794. The city was incorporated in 1790. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Bardstown has a population of 13,246 people<2> (see below for details). Bardstown is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Bardstown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel south from Bardstown (for example, toward Greensburg), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Bardstown: 502 The ZIP code for Bardstown: 40004<4> Going back to its beginning, The community of Bardstown was originally named Bairds Town. For more information about the names of Bardstown, see The Names of Bardstown on our Genealogy Page. Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Bardstown had an population of 13,246 people. This is an increase of 13.21% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 27.68% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Bardstown had a population of 11,700 people (or 26.82% of the total population of Nelson County). This makes Bardstown the county's most populous community. The population of Bardstown represents 0.27% of the population of Kentucky (which has 4,339,367 people), making it the state's 29th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 11,700 people, the population of Bardstown increased 12.78% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 10,374 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Bardstown. Communities Also Named Bardstown ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bardstown - it's located in Arkansas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bardstown. Communities near Bardstown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bardstown.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bardstown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bardstown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bardstown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bardstown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bardstown. Our list includes 23 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Bardstown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bardstown ...Looking for more information about Bardstown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Bardstown, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bardstown. Adding Bardstown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bardstown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bardstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bardstown. Footnotes ...
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