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Place Name
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Bowling Green
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Warren County
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Population
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40,641 (1990)
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Location
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Warren County, Kentucky (KY), United States, North America
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Latitude
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36°58'N
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Longitude
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86°26'W
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Bowling Green
, city (1990 pop. 40,641),  Warren
co., S Ky., on the Barren R.; 36°58'N 86°26'W. Elev.
496 ft/151 m. RR junction to SW. Shipping and
marketing center for agr. (tobacco, corn; livestock; dairying) and Mfg.
(apparel, consumer goods, plastic prods., tranportation equip.,
beverages, pet food, store fixtures, construction materials, packaging
materials, crushed limestone; printing and publishing; motor vehicle
assembly). Occupied by the Confederates at the beginning of the Civil
War until the Federal advance forced them to retreat in 1862. Bowling
Green/Warren County Airport. Seat of Western Kentucky Univ.
(including Ky. Mus. and Lib.). Natl. Corvette Mus. Mammoth Cave Natl.
Park, a popular tourist attraction to NE; Lost River Caves to S. To the
SW lie the ruins of a Shaker settlement est. 1798. Inc. 1812.
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