Barren

Barren County is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,485. Its county seat is .
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  • Type: County with 44,500 residents
  • Description: county in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Barren County”, “Barren County, Kentucky”, “Barren County, KY”, “Barren County, Ky.”, “Barren ilçesi, Kentucky”, “Barren ilçesi, KY”, “Barren ilçesi, Ky.”, “Okrožje Barren”, and “مقاطعه بارين، كنتاكي”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Barren County High School and First Presbyterian Church.

School
is a four-year high school located in , U.S.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glasgow and Haywood.

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Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Barren County, , United States.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Barren County, , United States.

Barren

Latitude
36.9585° or 36° 57′ 31″ north
Longitude
-85.9258° or 85° 55′ 33″ west
Population
44,500
Elevation
722 feet (220 metres)
Open location code
868PX35F+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Barren” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Barren County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بارين”
  • Armenian: “Բարեն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Barren”
  • Basque: “Barren konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Barren County, Kentucky”
  • Bavarian: “Barren County”
  • Bishnupriya: “বারেন কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি”
  • Bishnupriya: “বারেন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Барън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Barren”
  • Cebuano: “Barren County”
  • Chechen: “Баррен (гуо, Кентукки)”
  • Chechen: “Баррен”
  • Chinese: “巴伦县”
  • Chinese: “巴倫縣”
  • Chinese: “巴倫郡”
  • Czech: “Barren County”
  • Dutch: “Barren County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Barren”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Barren”
  • Estonian: “Barreni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Barrenin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Barren”
  • French: “Comté de Barren”
  • Ganda: “Barren County, Kentucky”
  • Ganda: “Barren County”
  • Georgian: “ბარენის ოლქი”
  • German: “Barren County”
  • Gilaki: “برن ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “برن ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Μπάρεν”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Μπάρεν”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז בארן”
  • Hungarian: “Barren megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Barren”
  • Italian: “contea di Barren”
  • Italian: “Contea di Barren”
  • Japanese: “バーレン郡”
  • Korean: “배런군”
  • Low German: “Barren County”
  • Mazanderani: “برن شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Barren Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Barren Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Barren County”
  • Norwegian: “Barren County”
  • Ossetian: “Баррен (зылд)”
  • Ossetian: “Баррен”
  • Persian: “شهرستان برن، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان برن”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Barren”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Barren”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Barren”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Barren, Kentucky”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Barren”
  • Russian: “Баррен”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Barren”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Barren County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Берен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Barren County, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Barren County”
  • Slovenian: “Barren County”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بارن بؤلگه‌سی، کنتاکی”
  • Spanish: “condado de Barren”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Barren”
  • Swedish: “Barren County”
  • Tatar: “Баррен (округ, Кентуки)”
  • Tatar: “Баррен”
  • Tumbuka: “Barren County, Kentucky”
  • Tumbuka: “Barren County”
  • Turkish: “Barren County”
  • Turkish: “Barren ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Беррен”
  • Urdu: “بیرن کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “بیرن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Barren”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Barren, Kentucky”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Barren”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Barren, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Barren”
  • Welsh: “Barren County, Kentucky”
  • Welsh: “Barren County”
  • Western Panjabi: “بیرن کاؤنٹی”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Pritchardsville and Roseville.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Everett Cemetery Number 1 and Bristletown Cemetery.

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