Editing Barren County, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Barren County was established in 1798 from land taken from [[Green County, Kentucky|Green County]] and [[Warren County, Kentucky|Warren County]]. Six courthouses have served the county throughout its history, the first built of logs.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hogan, Roseann Reinemuth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAVlVS29NKIC&q=%22bell+county%22+1914+1918+1976&pg=PA190 |title=Kentucky Ancestry: A Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research |date=1992 |publisher=Ancestry Publishing |isbn=9780916489496 |pages=190 |access-date=July 26, 2013}}</ref>

Barren County, like most of south-central Kentucky, was settled by the [[Scots-Irish American|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|Glasgow, Scotland]], and is celebrated annually with the [[Glasgow Highland Games]], one of three [[highland games]] held each year in Kentucky.

Barren was a prohibition or [[dry county]], until voters overturned that in September 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nie |first=Jacqueling |date=September 27, 2016 |title=Barren County votes to go wet |url=http://www.wbko.com/content/news/Barren-County-WetDry-Vote-395028201.html |publisher=WBKO-TV}}</ref> Prior to that, there were two exceptions:
* Cave City, which voted in 2005 to become "moist" (selling only [[alcoholic beverage|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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kinslow |first=Gina |date=September 9, 2014 |title=Cave City liquor ordinance approved |url=http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/news/local_news/article_64b204ba-38a2-11e4-9af4-001a4bcf887a.html |access-date=September 23, 2014 |work=Glasgow Daily Times |location=Glasgow, KY}}</ref>
* Glasgow, which approved liquor by the drink under the same restrictions on November 6, 2007,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dickerson, Brad |last2=Neitzel, Stacy L. |date=November 7, 2007 |title=Liquor by the drink passes |url=http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/archivesearch/local_story_311011251.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911020137/http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/archivesearch/local_story_311011251.html |archive-date=September 11, 2012 |access-date=February 7, 2008 |publisher=Glasgow (KY) Daily Times}}</ref> after three previous elections to allow full alcohol sales in the city were soundly defeated.