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Glasgow is a home rule-class city [3] in Barren County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. [4] Glasgow is the principal city of the Glasgow micropolitan area, which comprises Barren and Metcalfe counties. The population was 15,014 at the 2020 U.S. census. [5] The city is well known for its annual Scottish Highland Games.
When that extension was completed in 2012, the KY 3160 designation was decommissioned when US 68 was rerouted onto the Outer Loop, and the original US 68 through Glasgow became US 68 Business. [citation needed] On May 28, 2015, the Veterans Outer Loop was extended on Glasgow's west side. Construction of the extension began in late 2014.
Barren County is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,485. [1] Its county seat is Glasgow. [2]
It was the main source for feed, grocery, hardware and farm needs. It was closed in the late 1980s. The building was restored in 2005 and reopened as the Eighty Eight General Store. The historic post office (Zip Code 42130) was kept intact and is now open to the public. It is no longer in service however and was discontinued in 1984. [4]
In Glasgow, at one time, Alternate KY 90 ran from the US 31E bypass junction with KY 90, continuing as Happy Valley Road, to the intersection with Business Route 31E (North Race Street), and follows the US 31E business route until it reaches the Barren County Courthouse, where KY 90 runs (while being co-signed with US 68 and KY 80, a.k.a. West ...
The Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Expressway is a 88.4-mile (142.3 km) freeway in the U.S. state of Kentucky, extending from Barren County in the west to Somerset in the east. It is one of seven named highways designated in Kentucky's parkway system.
Glasgow, the Barren County seat, is located 10 miles (16 km) to the southeast via Kentucky Route 90. According to the United States Census Bureau , Cave City has a total area of 4.4 square miles (11.4 km 2 ), of which 0.019 square miles (0.05 km 2 ), or 0.46%, is water.
KY 1297 is one out of two old, original routes from Bowling Green directly to Glasgow, the other being the current U.S. Route 68 (US 68) and KY 80 alignment east of Bowling Green. KY 1297 starts at an intersection with KY 1402 east of Bowling Green. The road in its entire route from KY 1402 to the Barren County line is known as Gott–Hydro Road.