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Population: 6,801 Bardstown is known to many as the "Bourbon Capitol of the World". To those of us that live here it is affectionately known as "Whiskey City".
Settled in 1780 Bardstown was an educational, medical, legal, religious commercial and manufacturing center.
Beginning in the early 1800's the citizens began building some of the most spectacular homes to be found west of Philadelphia and Baltimore. Many of these old homes survive today giving the visitor and the residents alike an opportunity to relive the past.
The most famous mansion is immortalized in Stephen Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home". The song is instantly recognizable as the Kentucky State song and the prelude to the running of the Kentucky Derby.
If you have the opportunity you will want to spend at least a weekend in Bardstown. It takes that long to get the lie of the land. The choice locations to stay are one of the several Bardstown Bed & Breakfasts. Ileen and I always recommend "Beautiful Dreamer" which is a lovely B & B located across the street from My Old Kentucky Home State Park. Today, Bardstown is especially noted for its many old homes steeped in tradition. More than 300 of its buildings are listed on the National Historic Register. It is the site of the original Kentucky Court of Appeals and center of the distilling industry in Kentucky because of an abundance of lime in its water supply. Bardstown was recently listed in Norman Crampton's book as one of the 100 Best Small Towns in America.
