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Barren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,173.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21/21009.html )〕 Its county seat is Glasgow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was founded on December 20, 1798,〔(Barren County ). Kyenc.org. Retrieved on 2013-07-21.〕 from parts of Warren and Green Counties. It was named for the Barrens, meadow lands that cover the northern third,〔(Barren County, Kentucky )〕 though actually the soil is fertile. Barren County is part of the Glasgow, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Bowling Green-Glasgow, KY Combined Statistical Area. In 2007 Barren County was named the "Best Place to Live in Rural America" by ''Progressive Farmer'' Magazine. ==History== Barren County was established in 1798 from land given by Green County and Warren County. Six courthouses have served the county throughout its history, the first built of logs. Barren County, like most of south central Kentucky, was settled by the Scots-Irish, and still bears many cultural aspects that trace back to that heritage. The Scottish heritage is the most evident, as indicated by the name of the county seat, which is named for Glasgow, Scotland, and is celebrated annually with the Glasgow Highland Games, one of three highland games held each year in Kentucky. Barren is a prohibition or dry county, with two exceptions: * Cave City, which voted in 2005 to become "moist" (selling only alcohol by the drink in restaurants of a certain minimum size (100 in this case) and which derive 70% or more of their revenue from food), and later voted in 2014 to approve full package sales. * Glasgow, which approved liquor by the drink under the same restrictions on November 6, 2007, after three previous elections to allow full alcohol sales in the city being soundly defeated. Bowling Green, just to the west, also offers full liquor sales. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barren County, Kentucky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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