Hadley is an

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History

Geography

Hadley is located in the northwestern portion of Warren County at the junction of

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and Kentucky Route 626, about northwest of

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. The community is also accessible directly from the Exit 7 interchange of Interstate 165 on the northwestern outskirts of Bowling Green.

Education

Students in Hadley attend Warren County Public Schools. In terms of high schools, Warren Central High School is the closest to Hadley.

Media

Hadley, part of the Bowling Green

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, is the current home to the transmission tower of

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station WKGB-TV,

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member radio station WKYU-FM, and

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station KIH45. From 1962 to 1971, Hadley was also the home to the transmission tower of commercial

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WLTV (channel 13, now

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). That station also maintained studios in the Hadley area for its entire stint as an independent station; the studios relocated to downtown Bowling Green after obtaining an affiliation with the

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in March 1967.

Post office

The Hadley post office operated from 1860 until 1994; it was assigned ZIP code 42235 when the ZIP codes took effect in July 1963.

References

Unincorporated communities in Warren County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{WarrenCountyKY-geo-stub