Back بولينغ غرين (كنتاكي) Arabic بولينج جرين ARZ بولینق قرین، کنتاکی AZB Боўлінг-Грын (Кентукі) BE Bowling Green (Kentucky) BR Bowling Green (Kentucky) Catalan Боулинг-Грин (Кентукки) CE Bowling Green (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Kentucky) CEB Bowling Green, Kentucky CY Bowling Green DAG
Bowling Green, Kentucky | |
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 Location of Bowling Green in Warren County, Kentucky | |
  Bowling Green Location in the United States  Bowling Green Bowling Green (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 36°58′54″N 86°26′40″W / 36.98167°N 86.44444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Warren |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Todd Alcott |
| Area | |
• City | 40.65 sq mi (105.28 km2) |
| • Land | 40.39 sq mi (104.61 km2) |
| • Water | 0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2) |
| Elevation | 547 ft (167 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 72,294 |
• Estimate (2023)[2] | 76,212 |
| • Rank | Kentucky: 3rd |
| • Density | 1,789.81/sq mi (691.05/km2) |
| • Metro | 179,639 (US: 245th) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 42101-42104 |
| Area code(s) | 270 & 364 |
| FIPS code | 21-08902 |
| Website | www |
Bowling Green is a city and the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky, United States.[3] Its population was 72,294 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in the state, after Louisville and Lexington.[4] The Bowling Green metropolitan area is the fourth-largest in the state and had a population of 179,639 in 2020.[5][6][7]
Founded by pioneers in 1798, Bowling Green was the provisional capital of Confederate Kentucky during the American Civil War. In the 21st century, it is the location of numerous manufacturers, including General Motors, Spalding, and Fruit of the Loom. The Bowling Green Assembly Plant has been the source of all Chevrolet Corvettes built since 1981. Bowling Green is also home to Western Kentucky University (or WKU for short), and the National Corvette Museum.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 29, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
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