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Nelson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,065. [1] Its county seat is Bardstown. [2] Nelson County comprises the Bardstown, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Louisville/Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Madison, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area.
Camp Nelson National Monument, formerly the Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park, is a 525-acre (2.12 km 2) national monument, historical museum and park located in southern Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Lexington, Kentucky.
Pioneer Village: Commonly called the "Civil War Village", it features buildings built in Nelson County, Kentucky, from 1776 to 1820. Women's Civil War Museum: Opened in 1999, it is the only museum that looks into the role of women during the American Civil War. It is in the historic (c1840) Wright Talbott House.
More than 10,000 either enlisted in the Civil War on the Union’s side or trained at Camp Nelson, which became a national monument in 2018. Kentucky’s role in slaves’ emancipation: ‘Camp ...
Bardstown is a home rule-class city [5] in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 13,567 in the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Nelson County. [6] Bardstown is named for the pioneering Bard brothers. David Bard obtained a 1,000-acre (400 ha) land grant in 1785 in what was then Jefferson County, Virginia.
The episode will focus on the events of Jan. 25, 1865, when 22 Civil War soldiers were ambushed by outlaws and killed, while 20 more were injured, during a cattle drive to Louisville.
This is a list of plantations (including plantation houses) in the U.S. state of Kentucky, which are: National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Location of Nelson County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Nelson County, Kentucky. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...