Nelson County

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Department of Geography and Geology at Western Kentucky University

    Nelson County was formed on November 29, 1784.  The county is 437 square miles and was named after the Virginia Governor Thomas Nelson.  The county seat is Bardstown.  The first settlers arrived in 1775.  Nelson County was an important settlement for Roman Catholics in Kentucky.  The first diocese in the inland portion of the United States was formed in Nelson County.

(The Kentucky Encyclopedia 1992)

    County Seat -    Bardstown