Hadley, Kentucky

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Hadley
Hadley (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°3′35″N86°36′25″W / 37.05972°N 86.60694°W / 37.05972; -86.60694 Coordinates: 37°3′35″N86°36′25″W / 37.05972°N 86.60694°W / 37.05972; -86.60694
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Warren
Elevation
669 ft (204 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID508154 [1]

Hadley is an unincorporated community in Warren County, Kentucky, United States.

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History

Geography

Hadley is located in the northwestern portion of Warren County at the junction of U.S. Route 231 and Kentucky Route 626, about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Bowling Green. The community is also accessible from the Exit 7 interchange of Interstate 165 on the northwestern outskirts of Bowling Green.

Education

Students in Hadley attend Warren County Public Schools. In terms of high schools, Warren Central High School is the closest.

Media

Hadley, part of the Bowling Green media market, is the current home to the transmission tower of Kentucky Educational Television station WKGB-TV, NPR member radio station WKYU-FM, and NOAA Weather Radio station KIH45.

From 1962 to 1971, Hadley was also the home to the transmission tower of commercial television station WLTV (channel 13, now WBKO). That station also maintained studios in the Hadley area for its entire stint as an independent station; the studios relocated to downtown Bowling Green after obtaining an affiliation with the American Broadcasting Company in March 1967.

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