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Bullitt County, Kentucky

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11historic places

—earliest paper

1797formed

82,217pop. 2020

60cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Shepherdsville, Mt. Washington, Lebanon Junction.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

8 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Ashworth Rock Shelters Site	Shepherdsville	Site	1975
Bank of the Commonwealth	Shepherdsville	Building	1987
Barnes, Henry J., House	Mt. Washington	Building	1993
Beam, T. Jeremiah, House	Clermont	Building	1987
Brooks, Solomon Neill House	Shepherdsville	Building	1980
Camp Crescendo	Lebanon Junction	District	2025
Crist, Henry, House	Brownington	Building	1987
Lebanon Junction Historic District	Lebanon Junction	District	2003
Lloyd, James M., House	Mt. Washington	Building	1993
Louisville to Bardstown Turnpike Milestones and Roadbed	Louisville	District	2019
Stansbury, Zack, House	Mt. Washington	Building	1993

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bullitt was formed in 1797 (1797-01-01) from Jefferson, Nelson.

BULLITT created from JEFFERSON and NELSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bullitt County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,542	5,831	6,334	7,289	8,521	9,602	9,328	9,511	11,349	15,726	43,346	61,236	82,217

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

60 cemeteries and 13 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 60 of 60 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Anderson Cemetery	37.98363	-85.85704
Archers Cemetery	38.01629	-85.81769
Ball Cemetery	38.02006	-85.72162
Beech Grove Cemetery	37.94516	-85.74801
Brooks Cemetery	38.06278	-85.69702
Campground Memorial Cemetery	38.00934	-85.78948
Chappel Cemetery	37.9609	-85.87301
Collins Cemetery	38.02716	-85.65978
Congrove Cemetery	37.93667	-85.8295
Cundiff Cemetery	37.87978	-85.72773
Cundiff Cemetery	37.93232	-85.75325
Daugherty Cemetery	37.85506	-85.79746
Ferguson Cemetery	38.05954	-85.74722
Froman Cemetery	37.96617	-85.81909
Gentey Cemetery	38.05566	-85.61885
Glenn Cemetery	37.89534	-85.80051
Graham Cemetery	38.0512	-85.76073
Grandell Cemetery	38.05104	-85.63536
Hall Cemetery	37.99707	-85.7302
Hall Cemetery	38.04102	-85.55229
Hardy Cemetery	37.92102	-85.83101
Highland Memorial Gardens	38.06213	-85.55526
Holsclaw Cemetery	37.94052	-85.82352
Horine Cemetery	38.05312	-85.83135
Jackson Cemetery	38.00821	-85.6698
Johnson Cemetery	37.97258	-85.7963
Johnson Cemetery	37.99838	-85.91295
Jones Cemetery	38.00206	-85.61874
Joyce Cemetery	37.94638	-85.78378
Lee Cemetery	37.88534	-85.74523
Lee Cemetery	37.897	-85.81023
Maraman Cemetery	37.97071	-85.70831
Markwell Cemetery	38.07279	-85.52273
McDaniel Cemetery	38.03814	-85.76004
McNutt Cemetery	38.02604	-85.89421
Miller Cemetery	38.03201	-85.81142
Mount Washington Cemetery	38.05043	-85.5387
Mumford Cemetery	37.89728	-85.75023
Myers Cemetery	37.98267	-85.82382
Owens Cemetery	38.04662	-85.5805
Pauley Cemetery	38.03584	-85.87614
Pendleton Cemetery	38.04458	-85.85128
Perkins Cemetery	38.0401	-85.54388
Phelphs Cemetery	38.0127	-85.72854
Quick Cemetery	38.05062	-85.73968
Ridgeway Cemetery	37.97291	-85.85091
Saint Francis Cemetery	38.04898	-85.53965
Shelton Cemetery	37.94588	-85.74695
Shepherd Cemetery	37.99356	-85.78827
Showalter Cemetery	38.04567	-85.5436
Smith Cemetery	37.94537	-85.70223
Smith Cemetery	38.03133	-85.8209
Snellen Cemetery	37.90728	-85.8185
Stallings Cemetery	38.01543	-85.63544
Suellen Cemetery	37.90534	-85.81023
Sycamore Cemetery	37.87117	-85.82523
Troutman Cemetery	37.95106	-85.80527
Viers Cemetery	37.89395	-85.7819
Weathers Cemetery	38.04821	-85.66133
Weird Cemetery	38.03055	-85.82608

Historical populated places — 13 of 13

Name	Lat	Lon
Bullitt Lick	38.00445	-85.76378
Crutcher	37.79022	-85.90579
Hebron	38.04978	-85.66946
Horns Place	37.53032	-86.05063
Ireland	37.78581	-85.95712
Lee	37.50676	-86.05947
Lick Skillet	37.9783	-85.65482
Lilmay	37.616	-86.03209
Mount Olivet	38.00898	-85.86004
Oak Ridge	37.60848	-86.10567
Old Belmont	37.89318	-85.70108
Sharps	38.00742	-85.83558
Sunnyside	38.04167	-85.75855

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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