Bardstown is an American city, the administrative center of Nelson County, Kentucky .
| City | |
| Bardstown | |
|---|---|
| English Bardstown | |
 | |
| A country |  USA |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Nelson |
| History and Geography | |
| Founded | 1770 |
| Area | 19 km² |
| Center height | 197 m |
| Timezone | UTC − 6 ; summer UTC − 5 |
| Population | |
| Population | 11,700; 13,164 people ( 2010; 2018 ) |
| Density | 610 people / km² |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +1 270 |
| Postal codes | 40004 |
| cityofbardstown.org | |
History
Proto-collection of St. Joseph in Bradstown
The first European settlement on the territory of present Bradstown was founded in 1780. Bradstown is the second city based in Kentucky. [1] . Bradstown was named the center of Nelson County in 1784, and the status of the city was officially obtained in 1788 [2] . The city was incorporated into Kentucky by the state general assembly in 1838. [3]
The main migration of people occurred from the Blue Ridge region , after the US War of Independence . Bradstown also became the center of Catholicism , east of the Appalachian mountains, on the territory of US border possessions [4] . .
Notes
- ↑ "History of Bardstown steeped in bourbon" , The Courier Journal , April 4, 2007
- ↑ Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer - Bardstown . Date of treatment October 4, 2014.
- ↑ Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Bardstown, Kentucky." Accessed July 15, 2013. (English)
- ↑ Jay P. Dolan, The American Catholic Experience: A History from Colonial Times to the Present (Notre Dame, Indiana: Notre Dame University Press, 1992), pp. 119, 160-61. (eng.)