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Edmonson County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,126. Its county seat only municipality is Brownsville. The county was formed in 1825 and named for Captain John "Jack" Edmonson (1764–1813), who was killed at the Battle of Frenchtown during the War of 1812. This is a dry county where the sale of alcohol is prohibited. Edmonson County is included in the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Brownsville is a home rule-class city in Edmonson County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the county seat and is a certified Kentucky Trail Town. The population was 836 at the time of the 2010 census, down from 921 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Bowling Green metropolitan area. It is just outside Mammoth Cave National Park.
Rosine is an unincorporated community in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States. Bill Monroe, The Father of Bluegrass, is buried in the community and memorialized with a bronze cast disk affixed to the barn where his music remains alive. The community was named for the pen name of Jenny Taylor McHenry, poet and wife of founder Henry D. McHenry. The ZIP Code is 42370 and the area code is 270. The nearest communities are Horse Branch, and Beaver Dam; and the nearest major cities are Owensboro and Bowling Green. The community sits at an elevation of 429 feet. At one time, Rosine was a thriving community with several stores, a school, a pickle factory, and a bat mill that milled bats for the Louisville Slugger bat factory.
Parksville is a small unincorporated community on the Chaplin River in south central Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the eastern end of Ky Route 300, where it intersects with Ky Route 34, near the US Post Office. The global position of Parksville is 37.597N latitude and -84.891W longitude. Elevation is 1,083 feet (330 m) above sea level. Current population is approximately 900 people. The ZIP Code for Parksville is 40464.
Boomer is a farming community located in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Legally it is a township, a non-governmental county subdivision. The population was 1,266 at the 2020 Census.
Big Reedy is an unincorporated community in the northwest corner of Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States, near the boundaries of Grayson and Butler counties. It is approximately 25 miles (40 km) due north of Bowling Green.
Bee Spring is an unincorporated community in northern Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States. The population of the community's ZCTA was 1,335 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Kentucky Route 259 is a 95.91-mile-long (154.35 km) state highway that traverses five counties in west-central Kentucky.
Sunfish is an unincorporated community located in the northwest corner of Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States, near the Grayson County line. It is approximately 25 miles (40 km) due north of Bowling Green.
Coxs Creek is an unincorporated community along U.S. Routes 31E/150 in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States, 4½ miles north of the county seat of Bardstown. It is named for Colonel Isaac Cox of Pennsylvania, who built a "fort" at the site in April 1775 before he fought in the American Revolutionary War, with the help of his brother James. The land had actually been his father's, but David moved back to Virginia before he developed it. More of a station, Cox's 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) was said to be the first pioneer station in Nelson County. Isaac Cox would later be the last white man to be killed by Indians during the time of the great Indian wars in what later became Kentucky.
Guston is a rural unincorporated community in Meade County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small unincorporated community that lies a few miles southwest of Brandenburg on KY 428, near its intersection with KY 710.
Asphalt is an unincorporated community located in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States.
Huff is an unincorporated community located in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States.
Kentucky Route 728 (KY 728) is an east–west state highway that traverses Edmonson and Hart Counties in south-central Kentucky.
Roundhill is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky, United States, situated on Butler County's eastern boundary with Edmonson County.
Edmonson County Schools is a public school district in Edmonson County, Kentucky, based in Brownsville.
Jetson is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky, United States.
Kyrock was a small town in Edmonson County in south central Kentucky. The town was located about 2.4 miles (3.9 km) of Sweeden, or about 5 miles (8.0 km) north-northeast of the county seat of Brownsville. It was once a referred to as a “company town” along the Nolin River during much of the first half of the 20th century, but the industrial town no longer exists. It was disincorporated in 1957 after the closure of the company that operated it.
Reedyville is an Unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky, United States. The town is supposedly named for the nearby Big Reedy Creek, a tributary of the Green River.
Segal is an unincorporated community in west-central Edmonson County in south-central Kentucky, United States. Segal is part of the Bowling Green Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sweeden, Kentucky
- ↑ Sweeden, Kentucky (KY) ~ population data, races, housing & economy
- ↑ "Sweeden ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
