Barren County, 1798

Barren County was created in 1798 from parts of Green and Warren counties, and Glasgow, its county seat, was founded in 1799. The county took its name from the “barrens,” or prairies, of the region. Early explorers and settlers passed through the area. During the Civil War, the first two of Morgan’s Raids moved through here in 1862, and the Confederate invasion of Kentucky under Gen. Braxton Bragg entered here in 1862.

Glasgow, Kentucky · United States