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Barren
County, the thirty-seventh in order of
formation, lies in south-central Kentucky, midway between
Louisville, KY, and Nashville, TN, and covers an area of
491 square miles. It is bordered by Allen , Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe, and Warren Counties. |
Created on December 20, 1798, from parts
of Warren and Green counties, it was named for the
barrens, the meadowlands that covers the northern third.
70% of the original settlers came from Virginia; 80% of
them were English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish.
The
county seat was named Glasgow which was named for
Glasgow, Virginia in Amherst County where many of the
early settlers came from, and to honor the early Scottish
settlers. Some of the first explorers were the Long
Hunters led by Henry Skaggs. The population of Barren
County was 38,749 in 2002.
From "The
Kentucky Encyclopedia", edited by John Kleber.
Copyright ©1992 |
| 1798 |
Barren County Authorized |
| 1799 | Town of Glasgow established |
| 1800 | Matthew's Tavern built - the first inn in Glasgow |
| 1802 | Glasgow Presbyterian Church organized, first in Glasgow. |
| 1803 | Glasgow Post Office established |
| 1820 | Bell's Tavern started at Three Forks (Park City) |
| 1820 | Poplar Log Church established |
| 1821 | Ritter's Mill built |
| 1831 | Urania College chartered |
| 1839 | Fourth Barren Co Courthouse completed |
| 1843 | Nobob Debating Society organized |
| 1854 | Cholera epidemic spread thru Glasgow |
| 1856 | Charter obtained for Barren Co Railroad Co. |
| 1865 | Glasgow Times established |
| 1866 | Glasgow Railroad Co acquired properties of Barren Co RR Co. |
| 1871 | Preston Hopkins Leslie of Glasgow began as KY Governor. |
| 1875 | Glasgow Normal School established, moved to Bowling Green in 1884 and because the nucleus of Western KY University. |
| 1876 | Liberty Female College opened. |
| 1881 | Glasgow Waterworks built |
| 1895 | George J. Ellis Drugstore opened on corner of Green and Washington St, Glasgow. |
| 1896 | Fifth Barren Co Courthouse built. |
| 1898 | Barren Co Centennial |
| 1900 | Fire destroys east side of square. |
| 1906 | Fire wipes out Green Street |
| 1906 | Citizens Bank & Trust Co. organized |
| 1906 | U.S. Vice-President Charles Fairbanks visits Glasgow |
| 1907 | Automobile of Glasgow resident Seigle Lewis, on the streets |
| 1909 | Glasgow Burley Market organized |
| 1913 | Courthouse clock installed |
| 1916 | Library started in Glasgow |
| 1917 | First Houchens Market opens |
| 1919 | Glasgow's 1st football team organzed, 0-3 for season. |
| 1920 | Peoples Bank of Cave City robbed by Tom Slaughter 6 Apr. |
| 1926 | Glasgow's first auto race held. |
| 1929 | T. J. Samson Hospital dedicated. |
| 1932 | Trigg National Bank closes due to economy, run on other banks. |
| 1936 | Glasgow airport dedicated |
| 1937 | Kentucky Pants Co established. |
| 1941 | Glasgow National Guard activated in Jan - among earliest to see action in WW II - Africa, Italy, France and Germany. 73 men lost. |
| 1942 | Glasgow High School's football team went undefeated. |
| 1943 | Flu epidemic ravaged county. |
| 1943 | Fire destroys Clayton Pedigo and Ely Drugs on east square. |
| 1946 | Glasgow's first radio station opened, WKAY. |
| 1948 | Glasgow celebrated 150th birthday, big homecoming. |
