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Warren County, Kentucky

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
107historic places
—earliest paper
1797formed
134,554pop. 2020
23cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 107 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Bowling Green, Smiths Grove, Oakland.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kentucky is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Warren titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

82 of 107 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

107 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Adams-Kentucky DistrictBowling GreenDistrict2008
Allen, Carter, HouseSmiths GroveBuilding1979
Allen, Thomas, HouseSmiths GroveBuilding1979
Barren River L & N Railroad BridgeBowling GreenStructure1980
Blakeley, W. H., HouseBowling GreenBuilding1979
Bowling Green Flour MillBowling GreenBuilding
Bowling Green OMS #10Bowling GreenBuilding2002
Brown's Lock and Mill Dam #1GreencastleSite
Bryant, Garnett, HouseOaklandBuilding1979
Burnett, Aubrey, HouseOaklandBuilding1979
Campbell, David C., HousePlum SpringsBuilding1979
Causey, L.K., HouseBowling GreenBuilding2015
Cave Spring FarmSmiths GroveDistrict1996
Cecilia Memorial Christian ChurchBowling GreenBuilding1979
Cherry HallBowling GreenBuilding1979
College Hill DistrictBowling GreenDistrict1979
College Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)Bowling GreenDistrict1996
College Street BridgeBowling GreenStructure1980
Confederate Monument of Bowling GreenBowling GreenObject1997
Cooke, Peyton , HouseOaklandBuilding1979
Curd-Moss HouseBowling GreenBuilding1980
Davidson, A. C., HouseBowling GreenBuilding1980
Dodson, J.D., HouseBowling GreenBuilding2017
Downtown Commercial DistrictBowling GreenDistrict1979
Drakes Creek Baptist ChurchBowling GreenBuilding1979
Dunklau Site (15WA374; 15WA380)HadleySite1985
Ennis, Willis, HousePlum SpringsBuilding1979
Everhardt, W. H., HouseBowling GreenBuilding1979
Ewing, James F., HouseBowling GreenBuilding1979
Fairview Methodist ChurchOaklandBuilding1979
First Colored Baptist ChurchBowling GreenBuilding1979
Ford, John Jackson, HouseSmiths GroveBuilding1979
Fort C.F. SmithBowling GreenStructure1984
Fort LytleBowling GreenStructure1984
Fort WebbBowling GreenStructure1984
Givens, J.C., HouseBowling GreenBuilding2015
Gossom, William, HousePlum SpringsBuilding1979
Grider HouseBowling GreenBuilding1979
Grider, Tobias, HouseBowling GreenBuilding1979
Hall HouseBowling GreenBuilding1979
Hardcastle Store, TheBowling GreenBuilding2011
Hays, James, HouseHaysBuilding1979
Health Buildings-GymnasiumBowling GreenBuilding1979
Heating PlantBowling GreenBuilding1979
Hines HouseBowling GreenBuilding1979
Home Economics BuildingBowling GreenBuilding1979
Horse Shoe CampBowling GreenDistrict1997
Houchens, Elouise B., Center for WomenBowling GreenBuilding1979
Industrial Arts BuildingBowling GreenBuilding1979
IronwoodBowling GreenBuilding1973
Joggers, J. C., HousePondsvilleBuilding1979
Kelley, James, HouseBowling GreenBuilding1979
Kentucky BuildingBowling GreenBuilding1979
KinlockBowling GreenBuilding1979
Kirby, Jesse, SpringhouseBowling GreenBuilding1987
Lost River Archeological CaveBowling GreenDistrict1975
Louisville and Nashville Railroad StationBowling GreenBuilding1979
Magnolia Street Historic DistrictBowling GreenDistrict1989
Merritt-Hardin HouseBowling GreenBuilding1979
Middleton, Jesse, HouseOaklandBuilding1979
Milliken BuildingBowling GreenBuilding2010
Modern Automotive DistrictBowling GreenDistrict2006
Moore, Charles M., Insurance CompanyBowling GreenBuilding2015
Moore, Maria, HouseBowling GreenBuilding1972
Mount Olivet Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchBowling GreenBuilding1979
Murrell, Samuel, HouseBowling GreenBuilding1976
Neale, William P., HouseWoodburnBuilding1980
Newton-Kemp HousesBowling GreenBuilding1979
Nine HearthsBowling GreenBuilding1979
Oakland-Freeport Historic DistrictOaklandDistrict2004
Old Log ChurchRiversideBuilding1979
Perry, William F., MonumentBowling GreenObject1997
Pioneer Log CabinBowling GreenBuilding2004
Polk HouseWoodburnBuilding1979
President's HomeBowling GreenBuilding1979
Rauscher HouseBowling GreenBuilding1978
Richardsville Road BridgeBowling GreenStructure1980
RiverviewBowling GreenBuilding1972
Robb, Dr. William, HouseWoodburnBuilding1979
Rose-Daughtry FarmsteadBristowBuilding2013
Seeley, Edward B., HousePlum SpringsBuilding1979
Shake Rag Historic DistrictBowling GreenDistrict2000
Shobe, Moses, HouseSmiths GroveBuilding1979
Sloss, John, HouseBowling GreenBuilding1979
Smiths Grove Baptist ChurchSmiths GroveBuilding1979
Smiths Grove DistrictSmiths GroveDistrict1979
Smiths Grove Historic District (Boundary Increase II & Additional Documentation)Smiths GroveDistrict2007
Smiths Grove Historic District (Boundary Increase)Smiths GroveDistrict1987
Smiths Grove Presbyterian ChurchSmiths GroveBuilding1979
Snell, Perry, HallBowling GreenBuilding1979
St. James ApartmentsBowling GreenBuilding1984
St. Joseph Roman Catholic ChurchBowling GreenBuilding1975
St. Joseph's DistrictBowling GreenDistrict1980
StadiumBowling GreenBuilding1979
Standard Oil Company Filling StationBowling GreenBuilding2010
Sterrett HousePlum SpringsBuilding1979
Underwood-Jones HouseBowling GreenBuilding1978
Upper East Main Street DistrictBowling GreenDistrict1979
Van Meter HallBowling GreenBuilding1979
Walnut LawnBowling GreenBuilding1983
Wardlaw, Andrew James, HouseOaklandBuilding1979
Warren County CourthouseBowling GreenBuilding1977
West HallBowling GreenBuilding1979
Wilson, Gordon, HallBowling GreenBuilding1979
Wright, George HouseSmith's Grove1979
Wright, J. L., HouseSmiths GroveBuilding1979
Young's Ferry HouseBowling GreenBuilding1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Warren was formed in 1797 (1797-03-01) from Logan.

WARREN created from LOGAN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

135k70k4,68618001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,68611,77615,44617,32027,53129,97030,85836,63142,75845,49171,82892,522134,554

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

23 cemeteries and 14 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 23 of 23 listed
NameLatLon
Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens36.96286-86.42978
Fairview Cemetery36.99089-86.42047
Finney Cemetery37.14337-86.58971
Flora Cemetery37.11399-86.39453
Gilmore Cemetery36.9208-86.29148
Hays Cemetery37.0356-86.14553
Isaac Stephens Family Cemetery37.02693-86.48278
Kimbrough Cemetery36.9932-86.34512
Moon Cemetery37.01769-86.21184
Mount Moriah Cemetery36.99644-86.41927
Mount Pleasant Cemetery36.87642-86.45058
Petty Cemetery36.97994-86.33141
Pioneer Cemetery36.99728-86.43767
Pleasant Hill Cemetery36.89712-86.57511
Roan Family Cemetery37.17516-86.54293
Saint Joseph Historic Catholic Cemetery36.99504-86.4189
Sherry Cemetery36.86591-86.37278
Taylor Cemetery37.12477-86.48348
Thomas Cemetery36.93531-86.33137
Thomas L Stephens Family Cemetery37.02645-86.47742
Trinity Presbyterian Church Cemetery36.90558-86.44431
Walthall Cemetery36.82311-86.34167
White Cemetery37.15321-86.57717
Historical populated places — 14 of 14
NameLatLon
Amos Farm37.06168-86.23452
Collett36.9947-86.36481
Little Woodland37.0837-86.23362
Mount Pisgah37.16093-86.58797
Old Trinity36.89126-86.45013
Old Union36.84714-86.43661
Old Zion36.83866-86.55506
Penns Chapel37.10575-86.34662
Pilot Knob36.84656-86.58154
Rays Branch37.06507-86.46004
Smithland37.0325-86.28598
Stoney Point37.04935-86.17294
White Chapel36.82268-86.41764
White Kitchen36.90639-86.38048

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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