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Welcome to Bowling Green ...The city of Bowling Green is located in Warren County<1> and is the County Seat for Warren County. Bowling Green was settled in 1778. A typical abbreviation for Bowling Green: Bowling Grn. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Bowling Green has a population of 70,222 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Bowling Green is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Bowling Green lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Bowling Green: (270) The ZIP codes for Bowling Green: 42101-42104<4> The city of Bowling Green was previously named Bolin Green. Going back to its beginning, Bowling Green was originally named McFadden's Station. For more information about the names of Bowling Green, see The Names of Bowling Green on our Genealogy Page. Websites for Bowling Green ...Official Website: www.bgky.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.bgchamber.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Bowling Green had an population of 70,222 people. This is an increase of 20.93% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 42.45% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Bowling Green had a population of 58,067 people (which is 50.78% of the total population of Warren County). This makes Bowling Green the county's most populous community. The population of Bowling Green represents 1.34% of the total population of Kentucky (which has 4,339,367 people), making it the state's most populous community. With a 2010 count of 58,067 people, the population of Bowling Green increased 17.79% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 49,296 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Bowling Green. Communities Also Named Bowling Green ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Bowling Green - they are located in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bowling Green. Communities near Bowling Green ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bowling Green.
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 Bowling Green. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bowling Green. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bowling Green. 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 Bowling Green. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bowling Green. Our list includes 39 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Bowling Green. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bowling Green ...Looking for more information about Bowling Green? 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 Bowling Green, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bowling Green. Adding Bowling Green to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bowling Green 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 for Bowling Green was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Bowling Green in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (1803). For more details, see References and Mentions for Bowling Green. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Bowling Green: www.bgky.org/ The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/ Footnotes ...
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