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Glasgow
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city in Barren County, Kentucky, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Barren
- Named after
- Glasgow , Scotland
- Mayor
- Henry Royse
- Total
- 15.95 sq mi (41.30 km )
- Land
- 15.86 sq mi (41.07 km )
- Water
- 0.089 sq mi (0.23 km )
- Elevation
- 750 ft (230 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 15,282
- Density
- 946.7/sq mi (365.54/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 42141, 42142, 42156
- Area codes
- 270 & 364
- Fips code
- 21-31114
- Gnis feature id
- 0492876
- Website
- cityofglasgow .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Glasgow
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Barren County
- Population
- 15014
- Area
- 40.222194
- Elevation
- 230
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Barren County
- Official website
- www.glasgow-ky.com
- Image
- South Green Street Glasgow Kentucky 03-15-2014.JPG
- Households
- 5976
- Dialing code
- 270
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- Commons category
- Glasgow, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Glasgow, Kentucky
- inception
- 1799-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Glasgow, Kentucky
- water as percent of area
- 0.534
- different from
- Glasgow
- per capita income
- 22625
- postal code
- 42142
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Encyclopedic overview
Glasgow is a home rule-class city in Barren County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. 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.
The city is well known for its annual Scottish Highland Games. In 2007, Barren County was named the number one rural place to live by The Progressive Farmer magazine.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glasgow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.