Glenmore is an
unincorporated community
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located in northern
Warren County,
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,
United States
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. Glenmore is part of the
Bowling Green
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Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Glenmore is located in extreme-northern Warren County along the
Green River. The community is nestled near the tripoint where Warren County's northern boundaries meet with those of eastern
Butler
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and western
Edmonson Counties.
History
Glenmore once was a small town with a few residences and businesses. One of those businesses was the Massey's Springs Hotel, which operated from the mid-19th century until its 1914 closure. The hotel, which served people traveling via the Green River, was converted into a farm house, where a farming business operated until 1942. It was destroyed by fire sometime around 1944.
Transportation
Currently, two state-maintained routes,
Kentucky Routes 1749 (KY 1749) and
185 (KY 185) directly serve the area. KY 185 connects the area to
Bowling Green
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Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding of Thrupp, near Stroud, UK, invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep ...
to the south and the cities of
Roundhill and
Caneyville to the north. KY 1749 mainly serves rural areas of northern Warren and southern Edmonson Counties, including
Wingfield.
Historically, Glenmore also had a direct connection to west-central areas of Edmonson County when
the original Kentucky Route 67 ran its course from Bowling Green to
Asphalt
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and
Windyville. The Bear Creek Ferry was a
toll ferry that operated from the 1920s until the late 1950s as a direct connection from Bowling Green to Edmonson County's northern and west-central communities.
KY 185 also previously connected via tolled ferry service in the area, in its case, to eastern Butler County until the Elmer White Bridge was completed in 1962.
Education
Most students in Glenmore attend
Warren County Public Schools, including
Warren Central High School. Richardsville Elementary is the closest elementary school to the community.
Points of interest in and around Glenmore
*Mouth of Bear Creek Boat Landing
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* Shanty Hollow Lake - man-made lake just south of GlenmoreTopoQuest - Shanty Hollow Lake, USGS Reedyville (KY) Topo Map]
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*U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Green River Lock and Dam Number 5 (operated 1901–1950)
Nearby cities and communities
* Brownsville
*Bowling Green
A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.
Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding of Thrupp, near Stroud, UK, invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep ...
* Morgantown
* Reedyville
* Richardsville
* Roundhill
References
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Unincorporated communities in Warren County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky