Bowling Green is the city's ruling city and county seat in Warren County, Kentucky, United States. By 2017, its population of 67,924 makes it the third densest city in the state after Louisville and Lexington; its metropolitan area has an estimated population of 165,732; and the combined statistical area shared with Glasgow has an estimated population of 218,870.
Founded by pioneers in 1798, Bowling Green was the temporary capital of the Kentucky Confederate during the American Civil War. The city became the inspiration for the 1967 Everly Brothers song "Bowling Green". It is home to many manufacturers, including General Motors and Fruit of the Loom. The Bowling Green Assembly Factory has been the source of all Chevrolet Corvettes built since 1981. Bowling Green is also home to the state's second largest state university, Western Kentucky University. In 2014, Forbes magazine named Bowling Green as one of 25 Best Places to Retire in the United States.
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History
Solutions and mergers
The first Europeans known to have reached the area carved their name in a beech tree near a river around 1775. In 1778, settlers established McFadden's Station on the north bank of the Barren River.
Bowling Green is currently grown from a guesthouse founded by Robert and George Moore and General Elijah Covington, a city name near Cincinnati. The Moore brothers arrived from Virginia sometime around 1794. In 1798, just two years after Warren County was formed, Robert Moore donated 2 acres (8,100 m 2 ) land for the local guardian for the purpose of building the building public interest. Soon after, he donated an additional 30 to 40 hectares (120,000 to 160,000 m 2 ) around the original plot. The town of Bowling Green was officially founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky on March 6, 1798.
Some controversy is on the source of the city's name. The city itself attended the first meeting of the county commissioner (1798), who named the town "Bolin Green" after Bowling Green in New York City where the patriot had lowered the statue of King George III and used the lead to make bullets during the American Revolution. Some historians disputed this, however, and credits Bowling Green, Virginia, or personal "ball games" from Robert Moore instead. Initial records indicate that the city's name is also spelled "Bowlingreen".
nineteenth century
In 1810, Bowling Green had 154 inhabitants. Growth in the steamboat trade and the proximity of the Barren River increased the importance of Bowling Green. Lock channels and dams on the Barren River make it easier to navigate. In 1832, the first portage train connected the river to the current state courthouse location. Mules pulls goods and passengers to and from the city on the tracks.
Despite the rapid urbanization of the Bowling Green area in the 1830s, agriculture remains an important part of local life. A visitor to Bowling Green noted boasting from the owner of a tavern called Benjamin Vance:
In 1859, Louisville and the Nashville Railroad (currently CSX Transportation) put the railroads through Bowling Green which connects the city with the north and south markets.
Bowling Green declared himself neutral in an attempt to escape from the Civil War. Due to its excellent location and resources, both Unity and Confederation sought control of the city. The majority of its inhabitants rejected both the Confederation and the Lincoln government. On September 18, 1861, some 1300 Confederate soldiers arrived from Tennessee to occupy the city, which was placed under the command of Kentucky, General Simon Bolivar Buckner. The pro-Union feeling in the city surprised the Confederate invaders. The surrounding hills are fortified to secure the possibility of military approaches to rivers and valuable rail assets. In November 1861, the Confederate administration while Kentucky chose Bowling Green as its capital.
On February 14, 1862, after receiving reports that Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River had been captured by Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant, the Confederates realized they had to retreat from Bowling Green. They destroy bridges along the Barren River, railway depots, and other important buildings that can be used by the enemy. The city suffered disruptions and attacks throughout the rest of the war. During the summer of 1864, Union General Stephen G. Burbridge arrested 22 civilians in and around Bowling Green for treason charges. This incident and other harsh treatment by federal authorities caused bitterness against the Union among the citizens of Bowling Green and increased sympathy with the Confederation.
After the Civil War, the Bowling Green business district grew rapidly. Previously, agriculture has dominated the city economy. During the 1870s, many historic business structures are visible today established. One of the most important businesses in Bowling Green in this era is the clothing manufacturer from Carie Burnam Taylor. In 1906, Taylor employed over 200 women.
In 1868, the city built its first irrigation system. The fourth court house was completed in 1868. The first three were completed in 1798, 1805, and 1813. In 1889, the first donkey-drawn street cars appeared in the city. The first street electric car began to replace them in 1895.
The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth established the St. Academy. Columbia in 1862, replaced by St. Joseph in 1911. In 1884, the Southern Normal School, founded in 1875, moved to Bowling Green from the city of Glasgow, Kentucky. Pleasant J. Potter founded a women's college in Bowling Green in 1889. It was closed in 1909 and its properties were sold to the Western Kentucky State Normal School (see below, now known as Western Kentucky University). Other important schools in this era are Methodist Warren College, Ogden College (also part of Western Kentucky University), and Green River Female College, a boarding school.
20th century
In 1906, Henry Hardin Cherry, president and owner of the Southern Normal School, donated schools to the state as the foundation of the Western Normal School School. Schools train teachers for the expanding educational needs of the country. The institute is now known as Western Kentucky University and is the second largest public university in the state, having recently grown larger than the University of Louisville.
In 1906, Doctor Lillian H. South, J. N. McCormack, and A.T. McCormack opens St. John's Hospital Joseph to provide medical care and nursing at all times to residents and students in the area.
In 1925, the third and lastest Louisville and Nashville Train Station, now a museum, was opened. Around 27 trains arrive daily at the depot. Intercity bus lanes are also a popular form of travel. In the 1960s, rail travel has declined dramatically in the face of competition from airlines and automobiles.
In 1940, Union Underwear factory built in Bowling Green underpins the city's economy significantly. During the 1960s, city populations began to outperform Ashland, Paducah, and Newport.
The downtown streets become an obstacle to traffic. In 1949, the US 31W Bypass Route opened to alleviate traffic problems, but also attracted businesses from downtown. Shortcuts grow into business hotspots in Bowling Green. A 1954 ad exclaimed, "Your business can grow toward growing Bowling Green - to the 31-W By-Pass".
In the 1960s, the shopping face changed entirely from the downtown square into a suburban shopping center. Between May and November 1967, the shops at the Bowling Green Mall opened for business. Another ad says, "Shop one way, park [free], get out and shop, you'll find everything close." Between September 1979 and September 1980, shops in the larger Greenwood Mall began operations. The city limits begin to stretch to Interstate 65.
In the late 1960s, Interstate 65, which operated just east of Bowling Green, was completed. The Green River Parkway (now called William H. Natcher Parkway), was completed in the 1970s to connect Bowling Green and Owensboro. This vital transport artery attracts many industries to Bowling Green.
In 1981, General Motors moved its Chevrolet Corvette assembly plant from St. Louis, Missouri, to Bowling Green. In the same year, the National Corvette Homecoming event was made, a large collection of Corvette owners, car parades, and related activities at Bowling Green every year. In 1994, the National Corvette Museum was built near the assembly plant.
In 1997, Bowling Green was designated as Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation.
21st Century Initiative
In 2012, the city conducted a feasibility study on how to revitalize the downtown area of ​​Bowling Green. The Downtown Redevelopment Authority was formed to plan redevelopment. Plans for the project combine the Bowling Green waterfront assets and historic center as well as street views around Fountain Square. He also proposed a new building for the Bowling Green Regional Chamber of Commerce, the construction of Riverwalk Park where the city center borders the Barren River, the creation of a new public park called Circus Square, and the installation of a new retail area, the Fountain Square Market.
In the spring of 2009, the new Chamber of Commerce, Riverwalk Park, and Circus Square were completed. The Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center, a facility for art and education, was damaged in October 2009 and celebrated its opening night on March 10, 2012, with a concert by Vince Gill. Faulty ground for Fountain Square Market in 2012.
In 2005, efforts were made to incorporate Whitewater Park into downtown Bowling Green at Weldon Peete Park. Due to the recession, the project was not funded. In 2011, the project evolved into the Bowling Green Riverfront Foundation, extending its efforts to develop land across the Barren River from Mitch McConnell Park (located beside the US 31-W Bypass and riverside, between Louisville Road and Old Louisville Road), all way upstream to Peete Park. New plans include the use of adjacent rivers for watersports - river ranges including rapids assessed on the International River Scale of Class II and Class IV - as well as mountain biking trails, bicycle pumps, and rock climbing areas. Some of these facilities will be located in a reclaimed landfill that has served as a Bowling Green garbage dump for many years.
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Geography
The Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport is 547 feet (167 m) above sea level. According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​35.6 square miles (92 km 2 ), where 35.4 square miles (92 km 2 ) is ground and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2 ) (0.45%) covered by water.
Climate
Bowling Green has a humid subtropical climate (Climatic classification KÃÆ'¶ppen Cfa ). Daily average daily temperatures range from 35.7 Â ° F (2.1 Â ° C) in January to 78.7 Â ° F (25.9 Â ° C) in July. On average, 41 days from 90 ° F (32 ° C) is highest every year, and 11 days occur every winter when the high fails to rise above freezing. Annual rainfall is 47.51 inches, with spring slightly wetter; average 8.4 inches (21.3 cm) of snowfall per year. The extreme temperatures range from -21 Â ° F (-29 Â ° C) at 23 and 24 January 1963, to 108 Â ° F (42 Â ° C) on July 28, 1930.
Demographics
At the 2010 census, 58,067 people and 22,735 households live in the city. Population density is 1,631.1 people per square mile (630.5/km ²). City's racial makeup is 75.8% White, 13.9% African American, 0.3% Native American, 4.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Island, 2.16% of other races, and 2.7 % of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin from any race is 6.5% of the population.
Of 22,735 households, 24.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.1% were married couples living together, 14.1% had non-husbands female households, and 48.3% were not family. Approximately 35.4% of all households are individual, and 19.7% have someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.28, and the average family size was 2.99.
The age distribution was 20.1% below 18, 28% from 15 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% aged 65 or older. The median age was 27.6 years. Women comprise 51.7% of the population and men comprise 48.3%.
The average income for households in the city is $ 33,362, and for families is $ 45,287. Men have an average income of $ 35,000 versus $ 28,916 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 19,302. Approximately 19.4% of families and 27.7% of the population are below the poverty line, including 30.9% of those under the age of 18.
Economy
Bowling Green shifts to a more knowledge-based technology-based economy. With one major public university and an engineering college, Bowling Green serves as an educational center for the south-central Kentucky region. In addition, the city is a leading medical and commercial center in the region.
General Motors Manufacturing, Holley Performance Products, Houchens Industries, SCA, Camping World, Minit Mart, Fruit of the Loom, Russell Brands, and other large industries call Bowling Green homes. It has also attracted new industries, such as Bowling Green Metalforming, a division of Magna International, Inc., and Halton Company, which chose to extend their company worldwide into Bowling Green.
Commonwealth Health Corporation, the Western Kentucky University, and Warren County Board of Education are the largest companies for Bowling Green and surrounding areas. Other companies based in Bowling Green include Eagle Industries and Trace Die Cast. The third largest home shopping network, EVINE Live, has its warehouse fulfillment center located on Nashville Road. EVINE Live has also recently moved a large number of customer service call center operations to the Bowling Green location. EVINE Live's headquarters is located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, although the bulk of its day-to-day operations are in Bowling Green.
Compared to Elizabethtown and Owensboro MSA, Bowling Green has experienced the biggest post-recession job hike. From November 2001 to April 2006, total salary work increased 13%. Bowling Green has experienced a 5% increase in manufacturing jobs, a 5% increase in professional and business services, and a 6% increase in leisure and hospitality since April 2005.
Bowling Green's high income and job growth combined with low cost in doing business led the city to be named to the 2009 Forbes magazine list of "The Best Small Places for Business". In an evaluation of 179 cities across the country, Forbes ranked the 19th best city of Bowling Green where to do business, finishing ahead of Elizabethtown and Owensboro. List of 34th National Bowling Green rankings for the lowest cost of living and 22 for the highest job growth.
In March 2009, the Bowling Green metropolitan area was recognized by the Site Selection magazine as the top economic development community in the United States for communities with populations between 50,000 and 200,000 people. Metro Bowling Green also received the same recognition as Location Selection in 2008.
The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce received this year's 2009 Chamber by the American Executive Chamber of Commerce and 5-Star Chamber by the US Chamber of Commerce.
Top entrepreneurs
According to the 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers include three public sector employers:
Art and culture
Museum
- Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science - A unique "hands-on" science museum where visitors can experience the power of a mini tornado, operate one of the largest interactive transportation exhibitions in the country, suspend body with mirror magic, and many again. Closed SEP 2011
- Kentucky Museum and Library - A collection of rich homes and educational exhibits on Kentucky history and heritage. Genealogical materials, published works, manuscripts and information on people's lives.
- National Corvette Museum - An American sports car show with over 75 Corvettes on display, including classic mint, one-of-a-kind prototype, racetrack champion and more.
- Historic Railpark and Train Museum - L & amp; N Depot - Train museum at the original Bowling Green train depot. Opened after the library was moved at the end of 2007. Includes 5 historic rail cars that have been restored.
- Riverview at Hobson Grove - this historic home museum is a classic example of Italian architecture - curved windows, deep curves with decorative brackets, and domes. The ceiling is painted. Beginning in the late 1850s, Confederate ammunition magazine in the winter of 1861-62, and completed 1872.
Sports and events
E.A. Diddle Arena, located on the campus of Western Kentucky University, is a multi-purpose arena with a seating capacity of 7,500 people. Built in 1963 and renovated in 2004, this arena has hosted college sports such as basketball and volleyball. It also hosted the Sweet Sixteen KHSAA Girls state championship event in high school basketball from 2001 to 2015, after which it moved to the BB & T Arena at Northern Kentucky University. The arena also hosts various rodeos and traveling circuses. In 2006, Diddle Arena hosted the first WWE event held at Bowling Green in over ten years.
The town and surrounding area is home to the Inline Warren County Hockey League. It is also home to a team of Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers, who competed in NCRHA, and has several members in the Bluegrass Hockey League and the Central Commonwealth League.
Bowling Green Ballpark is a new stadium currently used in Bowling Green. It is mainly used for baseball, for the Hot Rods Sing-A Hot Rods Midwest League organization. The Hot Rods began playing in the spring of 2009 in the South Atlantic League, moving into the Midwest League for 2010. They are the agricultural team for Tampa Baseball's Major Tampa Bay Rays.
Bowling Green Hornets from the Central Basketball League based in Bowling Green, although they play their home game at Russellville. The Hornets are trained by the original Russellville Nathan Thompson.
Golf course
Bowling Green has six golf courses and eight disc golf courses.
Other attractions
Parks and recreation
Bowling Green Parks and Recreation Department manages 895 acres (3,62Ã, km 2 ) from public land for recreational use.
Community center
- F. O. Moxley - Facilities include a games room (billiard, video game), board game room, concession venue, basketball/basketball court and basketball court.
- Parker-Bennett - The facility has hourly rental rates for meetings, parties and receptions.
- Kummer/Small Recreation Center - Facilities include basketball/volleyball courts, concession stands, and walkways.
- Delafield Community Center - Facilities include auditoriums, basketball courts, playgrounds and picnic huts.
Garden
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- Aviation Heritage Park - located at the corner of Three Springs Road and Smallhouse Road. The park is an ongoing project. It was designed and built to cover a park area that can accommodate up to a total of seven aircraft.
- 'Basil Griffin - Named for former Warren County Judge- Large pool with migratory birds such as ducks and geese, playground, golf disc, picnic table/pavilion, soccer field, volleyball court.
- C. W. Lampkin - Baseball field, outdoor basketball court, concession stand, grill, picnic and table pavilion, playground, soccer field, tennis court, volleyball court
- Chuck Crume Nature - picnic table, walking/running trail
- Covington Woods - golf course, baseball field, outdoor basketball court, concession stand, toaster, picnic pavilion and table, playground, tennis court, volleyball court
- Fort Webb - historic site
- Fountain Square - Victoria's historic fountain and town square at Downtown Bowling Green
- H. P. Thomas - barbecue grill, picnic table, playground, soccer field, volleyball court
- Hobson Grove - golf course, baseball field, disc golf course, historic site, picnic table, concession stand
- James Hines - boating, historic site
- Lovers Lane - soccer field, disc golf course, picnic pavilion & amp; table, playground, concession stand
- Ogden - playground
- Pedigo - baseball field, outdoor basketball court, batting cage, concession area, picnic pavilion & amp; table, playground, volleyball field
- Preston Miller - water park/swimming pool, disc golf course, picnic pavilion & amp; table, playground, swimming pool, volleyball court, walking/running/running, concession stand
- Bukit Reservoir - toaster, historic site, picnic pavilion & amp; tables, playground
- RiverWalk/Brownfield - historic site, running/running path
- Romanza Johnson (Warren Co.) - canoe/kayak and fishing access to Drakes Creek
- Phil Moore (Warren Co.) - canoe/kayak and fishing access to Drakes Creek, baseball field, Soapbox derby track, running track, disc golf course
- Weldon Peete - boat ride access to Barren River, pedestrian lane, Singletrack Low Hollow mountain biking path
- Roland Bland - skate park, outdoor basketball court, grills, horseshoes, picnic pavilion & amp; table, playground, soccer field, tennis court, volleyball court
- Spero Kereiakes - baseball field, outdoor basketball court, batting cage, concession area, disc golf course, grills, pavnic pavilions & amp; table, playground, common garden plot, soccer field, tennis court, volleyball court, trail/run
- Westside Neighborhood - outdoor basketball court, playground
Swimming pool
- Russell Sims Aquatic Center - the largest "water playground" in south-central Kentucky. The center includes a depth of zero entry into the water, a splash playground, a swimming pool, a waterslide, a sled and a concession.
- Aquatic Area Warren facilities - The swimming pool is open all year round. Closed February 2008. The new facility is now open at Lover's Lane behind the main office of Warren County Public Schools. The facility was closed to the public in April 2014 and is now used by private pool teams and schools as well as physical therapy.
Education
Primary and secondary education
Public education is provided by the Warren County Public School system and the Bowling Green Independent School School. Some private schools also serve Bowling Green students.
Religious school
- Christian Schools Docked - Preschool through Baptist Christian school grade 12
- Bowling Green Christian Academy - Preschool through a 12th grade non-denominational Christian school
- The Christian Academy Foundation - Preschool through the 8th-grade Christian Christ Church school
- Holy Trinity Lutheran - Preschool through a 6th-grade Christian Lutheran school
- Old Union School - Preschool through grade 12 Christian school
- Saint Joseph - Preschool through the 8th grade Catholic school
Primary school
Warren County Public School
Bowling Green Independent School District
- Dishman-McGinnis
- Kari Parker Bennett
- Potter Gray
- T.C. Cherry
- W.R. McNeill
Middle and middle school first
All of these schools are operated by the Warren County district except Bowling Green Junior High.
- Bowling Green Junior High
- Drakes Creek Middle School
- Henry F. Moss Secondary School
- Warren East Middle School
- South Warren Middle School
SMA
All schools are operated by the Warren County district except Bowling Green High and Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science.
- Bowling Green High
- Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky
- Greenwood High
- Middle High of Warren
- High Warren East
- South Warren High School
- High School Lighthouse Academy
postsecondary Education
- Bowling Green Special Learning Center
- Daymar College
- South Kentucky Community and Technical College
- Western Kentucky University
Public library
Warren County Public Library has four permanent locations. The Main Library, which opened in 1956, is located in downtown Bowling Green. The Smiths Grove Branch, the location of the first branch of the system, is located in the nearby community of Smiths Grove, Kentucky. Graham Drive Community Library is a neighborhood branch located in the residential area of ​​the Bowling Green Housing Authority; opened in late 2007 and replaced the previously located branch office at Sugar Maple Square Shopping Center. The newest location of this system is the Bob Kirby Branch Library, located on Interstate 65 close to Greenwood High School, which opened in spring 2008. The Mobile Branch is a 28-foot (8.5 m) truck that crosses Bowling Green and Warren County carrying various materials library for adults and children. The Depot Branch, which opened in 2001, is located in the historic Louisville, Nashville Railroad Depot and has been renovated and a center for technology and early childhood, as well as traditional library materials; it closed at the end of 2007. On July 27, 2007, the Warren County Fiscal Court voted to create a tax district across the county to benefit public libraries. The library system, formerly known as the Bowling Green Public Library, became Warren County Public Library on July 1, 2008.
Media
Print media
- Amplifier - Art & amp; Monthly entertainment
- Bowling Green Daily News
- College Heights Herald - WKU student newspaper
- Soky Happenings
Television
- WBKO ABC Channel 13
- WKYU PBS Line 24
- WCZU Antenna TV/MNTV Channel 39
- WNKY NBC Channel 40
- WKGB PBS/KET Channel 53
- Time Warner Cable/Spectrum (Cable Operator)
Digital broadcast
Radio
Transportation
Main highway
- Interstate 65 head north to Louisville, south to Nashville, Tennessee
- William H. Natcher Parkway north to Owensboro, Kentucky
- US Route 231 north to Morgantown, south to Scottsville, Kentucky
- US Route 31W north to Park City, south to Franklin, Kentucky
- US. Route 68/Kentucky State Route 80 to west to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, east to Lexington, Kentucky
Other highways
- Kentucky State Route 185
- Kentucky State Route 234
- Kentucky State Route 242
- Kentucky State Route 880
Air freight
The city is served by Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport.
Nearby cities and communities
Community territories
Nearby communities include: Allen Springs, Alvaton, Blue Level, Browning, Cavehill, Drake, Oakland, Petros, Plano, Plum Springs, Richardsville, Rich Ponds, Rockfield, Smiths Grove, and Woodburn.
Neighboring city
Famous people
Your sister city
Bowling Green has two twin cities, as defined by Sister Cities International:
- Kawanishi, Hy? go, Japan
- Erfurt, Germany
See also
- The Bowling Green Massacre
- Kentucky Valkyrie
- List of cities in Kentucky
References
Further reading
- Davis, William C., ed. (1990). Diary of the Confederate Army: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade . American Military History. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. pp.Ã, 18-24. ISBNÃ, 0-87249-695-3. LCCNÃ, 90012431. OCLCÃ, 906557161.
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Hall, Eliza Calvert (October 1937). "Bowling Green and the Civil War". Filson Club Quarterly History . 11 (4) . Retrieved 2011-11-29 .
External links
Government
- Official website
General information
- Bowling Green travel guides, Kentucky from Wikivoyage
- Geographic data related to Bowling Green, Kentucky in OpenStreetMap
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