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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
Web site
created by ECMS STLP Students | Last Updated 3/24/05
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