Editing Warren County, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Warren County was the location of several [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] villages and ancient burial mounds constructed by earlier cultures. The first white men to enter the area were the [[long hunter]]s in the 1770s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Dr. Wayne |date=1989 |title=The History of Bowling Green and Warren County |url=https://www.warrencountyky.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/fc-history-of-warren-county-kentucky.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123230420/http://www.warrencountyky.gov/docs/history-of-warren-county-kentucky.pdf |archive-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref> General Elijah Covington was among the first landowners.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-bl4FNDXxqQC&q=General+Elijah+Covington&pg=PA119|title=Roadside History: A Guide to Kentucky Highway Markers|last1=Hay|first1=Melba Porter|last2=Wells|first2=Dianne|last3=Appleton|first3=Thomas H. Jr.|last4=Appleton|first4=Thomas H.|date=April 6, 2002|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780916968298|language=en}}</ref> McFadden's Station, one of the earliest settlements, was established in 1785 by Andrew McFadden/McFadin on the northern bank of the [[Barren River]] at the [[Cumberland Trace]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8N1_McFadins_Station|title=McFadin's Station - Kentucky Historical Markers on Waymarking.com|website=www.waymarking.com|access-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref>

Warren County became the 23rd county of Kentucky in 1796, from a section of [[Logan County, Kentucky|Logan County]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kyenc.org/entry/w/WARRE03.html|title=Warren County|publisher=The Kentucky Encyclopedia|year=2000|access-date=August 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZFQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA26 | title=Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, Volume 2 | publisher=Collins & Company | author=Collins, Lewis | year=1882 | page=26}}</ref> It was named after General [[Joseph Warren]] of the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. He dispatched [[William Dawes]] and [[Paul Revere]] on their famous midnight ride to warn residents of the approaching [[Great Britain|British]] troops. He was also a hero of the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/375|title=Warren County|last=Martin|first=McKenzie|website=ExploreKYHistory|language=en|access-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref>

Through [[riverboat]] trade, Warren County thrived in the agricultural market. In 1859, the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]] (currently [[CSX Transportation]]) was laid through the county.<ref name=":0" />

During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], most residents are said to have favored the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wkms.org/post/civil-war-dispatch-western-kentucky-university|title=Civil War Dispatch - Western Kentucky University|website=www.wkms.org|date=November 23, 2011 |language=en|access-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref> Because of its strategic value, Warren County was occupied by [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces in September 1861. It was occupied in turn by the [[Union Army]] on February 14, 1862, following the Confederate retreat to [[Tennessee]].<ref name=":0" /> During the Confederate withdrawal, they destroyed railroad bridges in Barren County, the [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green]] train depot and other railroad buildings to hinder Union pursuit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/377|title=Civil War Occupations|last=Martin|first=McKenzie|website=ExploreKYHistory|language=en|access-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref>

The completion of [[Interstate 65]] and Green River Parkway, later renamed the [[William H. Natcher Parkway]], (and in 2019 was renamed as the [[Interstate 165 (Kentucky)|I-165]]) in the 1960s and 1970s, brought an industrial boom that transformed the farm-oriented county into a more urban one.<ref name=":0" />

In 1997, Bowling Green became a [[Tree City USA]], sponsored by the [[National Arbor Day Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arborday.org/programs/treecityusa/treecities.cfm?chosenstate=Kentucky|title=Tree Cities|website=www.arborday.org|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref>