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Brownsville, the county seat of Edmonson
County, is a small community located
at the western edge of the internationally renowned Mammoth Cave
National Park. Brownsville, with an estimated 1998 population of 952,
is located22 miles northeast of Bowling Green,
Kentucky; 86 miles northeast of Nashville, Tennessee;
96 miles southwest of Louisville, Kentucky; and 281 miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri.
Edmonson County,
with a land area of 302 miles, is located in south-central Kentucky, partly within the Western Coal
Field Region and partly within the Mississippian Plateaus Region. Nearly
47,000 acres of Mammoth Cave lies beneath Edmonson County.
Edmonson County, designated as a "Scenic
Byways" area by the Department of Transportation, offers over 80 miles
of scenic roads. Edmonson
County had an estimated
1998 population of 11,353 persons.
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TOPOGRAPHY
Edmonson County,
with a land area of 302 square miles, is located in south central Kentucky, partly within
the Western Coal Field Region and partly within the Mississippian Plateaus
Region. Edmonson
County, designated as a
"Scenic Byways" area by the Department of Transportation, offers
over 80 miles of scenic roads.
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POPULATION
Labor
Market Area
1998
- 180,919 1990 - 169,263 1980 - 163,119 1970 - 135,460
Edmonson County
1998
- 11,082 1990 - 10,357 1980 - 9,962 1970 - 8,751
Labor market area includes Edmonson, Barren, Butler, Grayson, Hart, and Warren Counties.
Source: U.S.
Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census
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Edmonson County
Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 342, Brownsville, KY 42210, Telephone 270-597-2175, Email ecfc@mchsi.com
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