About the town » Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky, United States

Bowling Green is the third-most populous city in the state of Kentucky after Louisville and Lexington, with a population of 58,894 as of 2011. It is the county seat of Warren County and the principal city of the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area with an estimated population of 162,231 as of 2012. Bowling Green anchors the Bowling Green-Glasgow combined statistical area which as of 2012 had an estimated population of 214,831. Bowling Green was founded in 1798 after Robert and George Moore donated an additional 30 acres to 40 acres to the Warren County trustees. The land surrounded the 2-acre plot they had donated for the construction of public buildings. Bowling Green was the provisional capital of the Confederate government of Kentucky. General Motors has an assembly plant in Bowling Green in which all Chevrolet Corvettes have been constructed since 1981 and Cadillac XLRs were being built there until production ended in the spring of 2009. Other significant businesses in Bowling Green include Fruit of the Loom, Houchens Industries, Holley Performance Products, and Camping World. The second largest Kentucky public university, Western Kentucky University, is situated upon a hill in central Bowling Green. Its athletic teams are called Hilltoppers, and its mascot is Big Red who has been featured in several ESPN commercials. The city is famous for the eponymous 1967 song, "Bowling Green", by The Everly Brothers.