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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”, and “Barren County, KY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barren County High School and First Presbyterian Church.

School
is a four-year high school located in , U.S. It is one of two high schools serving the Barren County school system, the other being the Trojan Academy.

Church
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The in is a historic church at Washington and Broadway which was built in 1853. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Memorial
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.
The Confederate Monument in , built in 1905 by the Kentucky Women's Monumental Association and former Confederate soldier John A. Murray, commemorates those who gave their lives in service for the Confederate States of America.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glasgow and Haywood.

Photo: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the tourism region of South Central , and the county seat of Barren County. Founded in 1799 by a group of Revolutionary War veterans, it boasts historic homes and buildings, museums, a downtown walking/driving tour, and a Civil War fort.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Barren County, , United States. Its post office closed in October 1934.

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
node 316958753
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4283268
Wiki­data ID
Q486081
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Barren” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Barren County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بارين”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه بارين، كنتاكي”
  • 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: “Barren Kūn”
  • Chinese: “巴伦县”
  • Chinese: “巴倫縣”
  • Chinese: “巴倫郡”
  • Czech: “Barren County”
  • Dutch: “Barren County”
  • Esperanto: “Barren County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Barren”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Barren”
  • Estonian: “Barreni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Barrenin piirikunta”
  • French: “Barren County”
  • 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: “Barren County”
  • 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: “Barren County”
  • 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”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Barren”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بارن بؤلگه‌سی، کنتاکی”
  • Spanish: “Barren County”
  • 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, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Barren County, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Barren County, KY”
  • Turkish: “Barren County”
  • Turkish: “Barren ilçesi, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Barren ilçesi, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Barren ilçesi, KY”
  • 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”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pritchardsville and Roseville.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Everett Cemetery Number 1 and Bristletown Cemetery.

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