Nelson County, Kentucky

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Nelson County, Kentucky is a historic central Kentucky county known for its role in the bourbon whiskey industry and its seat in the city of Bardstown.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedBy Anderson County, Kentucky NERFINISHED
Bullitt County, Kentucky NERFINISHED
Hardin County, Kentucky NERFINISHED
Larue County, Kentucky NERFINISHED
Marion County, Kentucky NERFINISHED
Spencer County, Kentucky NERFINISHED
Washington County, Kentucky NERFINISHED
capital Bardstown, Kentucky
category Bourbon whiskey
Counties of Kentucky
Populated places established in 1784
contains Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani
Bardstown Bourbon Company
Barton 1792 Distillery
Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral
Heaven Hill Distillery
Lux Row Distillers
My Old Kentucky Home State Park
Nazareth Motherhouse
Old Bardstown Village
Old Talbott Tavern
Willett Distillery
country United States of America
countySeat Bardstown, Kentucky
establishedIn 1784
FIPSCode 21-179
formedFrom Jefferson County, Virginia
GNISID 0512730
hasCity Bardstown, Kentucky
Bloomfield, Kentucky
Bloomfield, Kentucky
surface form: Fairfield, Kentucky

Bloomfield, Kentucky
surface form: New Haven, Kentucky
hasOfficialWebsite https://nelsoncountyky.com/
hasUnincorporatedCommunity Boston, Kentucky
Coxs Creek, Kentucky
Highgrove, Kentucky
Bloomfield, Kentucky
surface form: Nazareth, Kentucky

New Hope, Kentucky
historicalRegion Kentucky frontier
knownFor bourbon distilleries
bourbon whiskey industry
largestCity Bardstown, Kentucky
locatedIn Kentucky
United States of America
surface form: United States
namedAfter Thomas Nelson Jr.
partOf Kentucky
surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky
surface form: Louisville metropolitan area
region Central Kentucky
state Kentucky
timeZone Eastern Time Zone

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LaRue County borderedBy Nelson County, Kentucky
Hardin County, Kentucky borders Nelson County, Kentucky
LaRue County, Kentucky borders Nelson County, Kentucky
Rolling Fork flowsThrough Nelson County, Kentucky
Hardin County, Kentucky formedFrom Nelson County, Kentucky
Rolling Fork locatedIn Nelson County, Kentucky