Bowling Green, Kentucky

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Bowling Green, Kentucky is a city in south-central Kentucky best known as the home of the Chevrolet Corvette’s manufacturing plant and the National Corvette Museum.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city
county seat
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States
distanceTo approximately 110 miles southwest of Louisville, Kentucky
approximately 60 miles north of Nashville, Tennessee
foundedIn 1798
governingBody Bowling Green City Commission
governmentType city manager form of government
hasAreaCode 270
364
hasAttraction Beech Bend Park
Historic RailPark and Train Museum
Lost River Cave
National Corvette Museum
hasEducationalInstitution Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College
Western Kentucky University
hasIndustry automotive manufacturing
education
healthcare
tourism
hasSportsTeam Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
hasZIPCode 42101
42102
42103
42104
historicalEvent served as provisional capital of Confederate Kentucky during the American Civil War
incorporatedAsCityIn 1812
isHomeTo Chevrolet Corvette manufacturing plant
General Motors Bowling Green Assembly Plant
National Corvette Museum
Western Kentucky University
isServedBy Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport
isServedByHighway Interstate 65
U.S. Route 231 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 31W NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 68 NERFINISHED
locatedIn Warren County, Kentucky
locatedOnRiver Barren River
namedAfter Bowling Green, Virginia
partOfMetropolitanArea Bowling Green metropolitan area
population approximately 75,000–80,000 (early 2020s)
region south-central Kentucky
role county seat of Warren County, Kentucky
state Kentucky
timeZone Central Time Zone

Referenced by (39)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bowling Green Assembly Plant
Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport
Chevrolet Corvette manufacturing plant
Historic RailPark and Train Museum
Lost River Cave
National Corvette Museum
locatedIn
Historic RailPark and Train Museum
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College
city
Elizabethtown–Fort Knox metropolitan area ("Bowling Green metropolitan area")
adjacentTo
Bowling Green City Commission
appliesToJurisdiction
Chevrolet Corvette
assemblyCity
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers ("Bowling Green")
associatedCity
Bowling Green metropolitan area
centeredOn
Western Kentucky
contains
south-central Kentucky
containsCity
Warren County, Kentucky
countySeat
Bowling Green metropolitan area
economicCenter
Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport ("Bowling Green")
hasCity
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
hasCourthouseIn
Bowling Green metropolitan area
hasLargestCity
Warren County, Kentucky
hasMajorCity
Warren County, Kentucky
hasMetropolitanCenter
Bowling Green metropolitan area
hasPrincipalCity
Rand Paul ("Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States")
hasResidence
Bowling Green metropolitan area
hasSettlement
Fruit of the Loom
headquartersLocation
Warren County, Kentucky
isKnownFor
Bowling Green City Commission ("City of Bowling Green, Kentucky")
jurisdiction
Warren County, Kentucky
largestCity
Bowling Green City Commission
legislativeBodyFor
Bowling Green City Commission
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
location
Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport ("City of Bowling Green")
owner
south-central Kentucky
principalCity
Bowling Green City Commission
seatOfGovernment
Bowling Green–Warren County Regional Airport
serves
Interstate 65
servesCity
Chevrolet Corvette manufacturing plant ("Bowling Green Assembly")
shortName
National Corvette Museum
touristAttraction

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