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Green County, Kentucky

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47historic places

—earliest paper

1793formed

11,107pop. 2020

110cemeteries

2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 47 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Greensburg, Haskingsville, Exie.

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

45 of 47 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

47 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Allen's, James, Inn	Greensburg	Building	1987
Allen, John C., House	Summersville	Building	1985
Anderson House	Haskingsville	Building	1984
Barrett-Blakeman House	Greensburg	Building	1985
Brents-Lisle House	Greensburg	Building	1984
Chewning House	Donansburg	Building	1984
Christie, Christopher Columbus, House	Haskingsville	Building	1984
Court Clerk's Office-County & Circuit	Greensburg	Building	1987
Cowherd, Francis, House	Greensburg	Building	1985
Creal Store	Creal	Building	1984
Creel, Elijah, House	Greensburg	Building	2008
Downtown Greensburg Historic District	Greensburg	District	2003
Ebenezer School	Greensburg	Building	1984
Edwards House	Exie	Building	1984
Edwards, David, House	Exie	Building	1984
Elmore-Carter House	Summersville	Building	1984
Emory-Blakeman-Penick House	Greensburg	Building	1984
Federal House	Greensburg	Building	1985
Goose Creek Foot Bridge	Greensburg	Structure	1985
Greensburg Academy	Greensburg	Building	1976
Greensburg Bank Building	Greensburg	Building	1979
Greensburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church	Greensburg	Building	1985
Groves-Cabell House	Gresham	Building	1984
Herndon, William H., House	Greensburg	Building	1985
Hilliard, David, House	Greensburg	Building	1984
Hobson, William, House	Greensburg	Building	1985
Keltner House	Haskingsville	Building	1984
L & N Passenger Depot	Greensburg	Building	1984
Lewis, Woodson, House	Greensburg	Building	1985
Livesay House	Campbellsville	Building	1984
Mears House	Greensburg	Building	1984
Montgomery House	Donansburg	Building	1984
Montgomery's Mill	Greensburg	Building	1984
Montgomery-Sandidge House	Greensburg	Building	2017
Mt. Gilead Baptist Church	Haskingsville	Building	1984
Mud Brick House in Greensburg	Greensburg	Building	2010
Old Courthouse	Greensburg	Building	1972
Philpot House	Exie	Building	1985
Sandidge House	Donansburg	Building	1984
Simpson Log House	Webbs	Building	1984
Wallace, Napoleon, House	Pierce	Building	1984
Webbs Female Academy	Webbs	Building	1984
White-Penick House	Greensburg	Building	1985
Whitlock Log Cabin	Exie	Building	1984
Williams, Daniel Motley, House	Summersville	Building	1984
Wilson, R. H., House	Greensburg	Building	1984
Woodward House	Greensburg	Building	1984

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Green was formed in 1793 (1793-01-01) from Lincoln, Nelson.

GREEN created from LINCOLN and NELSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
6,096	11,943	14,212	8,806	11,871	12,255	11,391	12,321	11,261	11,249	11,043	11,518	11,107

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

110 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 110 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Anderson Cemetery	37.27023	-85.47175
Archie Akin Blakeman Cemetery	37.24366	-85.54941
Asbury Cemetery	37.20041	-85.65152
Atwell Cemetery	37.17061	-85.60524
Bagby Cemetery	37.15063	-85.54668
Bagby Cemetery	37.15116	-85.55052
Bagby Cemetery	37.15311	-85.54357
Bastin Cemetery	37.20338	-85.65302
Bell Cemetery	37.37797	-85.59287
Bell Cemetery	37.26279	-85.55936
Bennett Cemetery	37.31454	-85.56194
Blakeman Cemetery	37.25589	-85.459
Boston Cemetery	37.18805	-85.67752
Bridgewater Cemetery	37.19173	-85.37164
Buckner Cemetery	37.12723	-85.55321
Carlisle Milby Cemetery	37.31335	-85.53065
Cave Springs Cemetery	37.32227	-85.54357
Caven Cemetery	37.27684	-85.53075
Caven Cemetery	37.28926	-85.65607
Chaney Cemetery	37.34629	-85.48058
Chaudoin Cemetery	37.3512	-85.51852
Coffey Cemetery	37.1565	-85.47812
Cook Cemetery	37.18886	-85.63375
Cox Cemetery	37.26555	-85.45499
Curry Cemetery	37.18422	-85.61542
Curry Cemetery	37.20394	-85.54607
Curry Cemetery	37.34454	-85.6713
Davenport Cemetery	37.24217	-85.62999
Davis Cemetery	37.27432	-85.67332
DeWitt and Loyall Cemetery	37.35072	-85.53102
Dezarn Cemetery	37.42477	-85.62718
Dowell Cemetery	37.14672	-85.5733
Forbis Cemetery	37.14804	-85.64492
Gowen Cemetery	37.23555	-85.61738
Graham Cemetery	37.33303	-85.63964
Hall Cemetery	37.31544	-85.52135
Hamilton Cemetery	37.28905	-85.54938
Hancock Cemetery	37.18004	-85.4487
Harlow Cemetery	37.14561	-85.65608
Hartfield Cemetery	37.18045	-85.49059
Hay Cemetery	37.26073	-85.6295
Hazel Cemetery	37.13826	-85.63983
Hedgespeth Cemetery	37.18414	-85.65283
Holly Grove Cemetery	37.37485	-85.64496
Howell Cemetery	37.14422	-85.63052
Ingram Cemetery	37.16506	-85.39787
Irving Cemetery	37.16394	-85.60413
Jones Cemetery	37.1406	-85.64941
Jones Cemetery	37.15347	-85.51862
Jones Cemetery	37.40428	-85.62243
Judd Cemetery	37.22709	-85.59838
Kidd Cemetery	37.17415	-85.65378
Kidwell Cemetery	37.25279	-85.57528
Lane Cemetery	37.13569	-85.64272
Lee Cemetery	37.16105	-85.55917
Lewis Cemetery	37.26569	-85.49081
Liletown Cemetery	37.15819	-85.59998
Maple Hill Cemetery	37.23263	-85.52741
Marcum Cemetery	37.36084	-85.6268
Marshall Cemetery Number 1	37.31899	-85.44345
McCandless Cemetery	37.13676	-85.63253
McGlasson Cemetery	37.15705	-85.66067
McKinney Cemetery	37.19412	-85.52357
Milby Cemetery	37.31294	-85.59864
Miller Cemetery	37.31329	-85.45611
Mitchell Cemetery	37.25558	-85.67274
Montgomery Cemetery Number 1	37.27503	-85.63996
Montgomery Cemetery Number 2	37.28308	-85.59345
Moss Cemetery Number 1	37.15784	-85.51006
Moss Cemetery Number 2	37.26962	-85.57213
Moulton Cemetery	37.1817	-85.37327
Nathan Dishman Cemetery	37.24228	-85.66969
Neagle Cemetery Number 2	37.17962	-85.56255
New Cemetery	37.20945	-85.47299
Noe Cemetery	37.31809	-85.60093
Old Cemetery	37.20755	-85.47079
Orr Cemetery	37.13928	-85.45989
Patton Cemetery	37.32144	-85.62923
Perkins Cemetery	37.18258	-85.58997
Perkins Cemetery	37.34255	-85.59941

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Rowlett'S Station	896	31.3 km	KY004
Munfordville	1,005	31.6 km	KY008

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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