Bardstown

Bardstown is a city in the , located 40 miles southeast of . It is the county seat of Nelson County. It calls itself "The Most Beautiful Small Town in America" and it's certainly at least a contender.
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  • Type: Town with 11,100 residents
  • Description: city in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Bairdstown”, “Bards Town”, “Bardstown (Kentucky)”, “Bardstown, Kentucky”, “Bardstown, KY”, “Beardstown”, “Salem”, “Salem Town”, “Бардстоwн”, “בארדסטון (קנטקי)”, and “בארדסטון, קנטקי, ארצות הברית”
  • Postal code: 40004

Places of Interest

Highlights: Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral and Civil War Museum.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral…

Museum
Photo: Bedford, Public domain.
The National Civil War Battles of the Western Theater…

Historic house
was a historic mansion in central Bardstown, Kentucky.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nazareth.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community and a historic… is situated 2½ miles north of Bardstown.

Bardstown

Latitude
37.8092° or 37° 48′ 33″ north
Longitude
-85.4669° or 85° 28′ 1″ west
Population
11,100
Elevation
646 feet (197 metres)
IATA airport code
BRY
UN/LOCODE
US XCV
Open location code
869PRG5M+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153524816
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4283133
Wiki­data ID
Q1063053
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Bardstown” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باردستاون”
  • Basque: “Bardstown”
  • Bosnian: “Bardstown”
  • Catalan: “Bardstown”
  • Cebuano: “Bardstown”
  • Chechen: “Бардстаун”
  • Chinese: “巴兹敦”
  • Chinese: “巴茲敦”
  • Czech: “Bardstown”
  • Dagbani: “Bardstown”
  • Danish: “Bardstown”
  • Dutch: “Bardstown”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باردستاون”
  • Esperanto: “Bardstown”
  • French: “Bardstown”
  • German: “Bardstown”
  • Gilaki: “باردس‌تاؤن (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “باردس‌تاؤن”
  • Greek: “Μπάρντστοουν”
  • Haitian: “Bardstown, Kentucky”
  • Haitian: “Bardstown”
  • Hebrew: “בארדסטון, קנטקי”
  • Hungarian: “Bardstown”
  • Ido: “Bardstown, Kentucky”
  • Ido: “Bardstown”
  • Irish: “Bardstown”
  • Italian: “Bardstown”
  • Japanese: “バーズタウン”
  • Kazakh: “Bardstown”
  • Kazakh: “Бардстоун”
  • Kazakh: “باردستوۋن”
  • Kirghiz: “Бардстоун”
  • Korean: “바드스타운”
  • Ladin: “Bardstown”
  • Mazanderani: “بارداستاون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bardstown”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bardstown”
  • Norwegian: “Bardstown”
  • Persian: “بارداستاون، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “بارداستاون”
  • Polish: “Bardstown”
  • Portuguese: “Bardstown”
  • Russian: “Бардстаун”
  • Russian: “Бардстоун”
  • Serbian: “Бардстаун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bardstown, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bardstown”
  • Slovak: “Bardstown”
  • Slovenian: “Bardstown”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بارداستاون، کنتاکی”
  • Spanish: “Bardstown”
  • Swedish: “Bardstown”
  • Tatar: “Бардстаун”
  • Turkish: “Bardstown, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Bardstown”
  • Ukrainian: “Бардстаун”
  • Urdu: “بارڈز ٹاؤن، کینٹکی”
  • Uzbek: “Bardstown”
  • Volapük: “Bardstown”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bardstown, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bardstown”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Bourbon Springs and East Bardstown.

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