Warren

Formed December 19, 1797 (24^th county)

Warren County (134,551), Bowling Green (72,298)

The modern brick Justice Center of Warren County was built in 1998.  It augments the 1867 Beaux Arts courthouse.  The Justice Center is on Center Street at 10^th Street.  United States Highway 68 is one block to the northwest.  D. J. Williams is the designer of the dark red brick courthouse.  It sits on College and 10^th streets.  A rot-iron fence surrounds the courthouse and veteran memorials are on the grounds.  The building dome has a working clock.  The county was created on December 19, 1797 from Logan County as the 24^th county with Bowling Green as the only county seat.  It is named for Revolutionary War hero General Joseph Warren.  The county seat is named for the sport of lawn bowling and its locale. 

Warren County government consists of a County Judge Executive, a sheriff, a clerk, an attorney, a treasurer, a coroner, and an appraiser (executive).  It has 6 Magistrates (legislative.)  Three Circuit Court Judges, Two District Court Judges, Two Family Court Judges and a court clerk serve Warren County (judicial.) The county is in the southwest Kentucky.  Louisville, Kentucky is northeast and Owensboro, Kentucky is northwest of the county.  The county center is in Bowling Green 2.2 miles Northeast of the city center.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Edmonson, Barren, Allen, Simpson, Logan, and Butler counties. 

The area of the county is 545 square miles.  It is 10 out of 120 in the state.  It ranks 5 out of 120 in population in the state.  It has a density of 246.9 persons per square mile making it 11 out of 120 in the state.  Warren County has 55.0% of its population in its incorporated areas.  Interstate Highway 65 crosses the county northeast to south from Edmonson County to Simpson County.  United States Highway 31 West parallels Interstate Highway 65 from Edmonson to Simpson counties.  United States Highway 68 goes east to west from Barren County to Logan County.  United States Highway 231 travels northwest to southeast from Butler County to Allen County.  The county’s shape is an overall bowl.  Bowling Green is west of center in the county.  Bowling Green is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 53.7% of the county population.  This county is in the Bowling Green Metropolitan Statistical Area.