Welcome to Little Barren ...

Little Barren is located in Green County<1>.

The location of Little Barren has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Barren, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1940.

Little Barren is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Little Barren lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Little Barren (for example, toward Science Hill), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Little Barren is within the boundaries of the (270) area code.

Communities Also Named Little Barren ...

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Little Barren.

Communities near Little Barren ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Little Barren.

• Glasgow
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
  • Glasgow is located in Barren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,411 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasgow <4>
• Columbia
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
  • Columbia is located in Adair County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,902 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <4>
• Cave City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
  • Cave City is located in Barren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,426 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cave City <4>
• Horse Cave
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Cave
  • Horse Cave is located in Hart County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,415 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horse Cave <4>
• Greensburg
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
  • Greensburg is located in Green County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,057 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greensburg <4>
• Munfordville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munfordville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munfordville
  • Munfordville is located in Hart County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,660 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Munfordville <4>
• Edmonton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edmonton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonton
  • Edmonton is located in Metcalfe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,597 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmonton <4>
• Hiseville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiseville
  • Hiseville is located in Barren County
• Center
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
  • Center is located in Metcalfe County
• Exie
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exie
  • Exie is located in Green County

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 Little Barren. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Little Barren.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Little Barren. 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 Little Barren.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Barren. See our Newspapers Page for Little Barren.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Barren ...

Looking for more information about Little Barren? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Little Barren, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Little Barren.

Adding Little Barren to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Little Barren 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 Little Barren was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Little Barren post office opened in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Barren.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Little Barren. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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