Brownsville (Kentucky)



Brownsville is a small town in Kentucky's Caves and Lakes region. The town lies on the western edge of Mammoth Cave National Park and is the seat of Edmonson County.

Get in
Brownsville does not lie on any interstate or US highway. KY-70 provides access from Morgantown and I-165 to the west and from Cave City as well as I-65 to the east. The town can be accessed from Leitchfield and the Wendell Ford Western Kentucky Parkway from the north via KY-259.

Events

 * Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular - Nolin Lake State Park, July 4th.
 * Rocky Hill Civil War Days - July
 * Edmonson County Fair - early September --- Edmonson County Lion's Club holds one of the state's longest-running annual county fairs.
 * Brownsville Christmas Parade - first Saturday in December

Drink
Brownsville and Edmonson County are dry meaning no alcohol sales are allowed. Cave City allows alcohol sales by the drink in restaurants seating over 100 people, and allows packaged alcohol sales. Bowling Green is the other closest city that allows packaged alcohol sales.

By phone
Most telephone numbers in Brownsville, and the rest of Edmonson County, consist of +1 270 plus a seven-digit number, but the region is now served by an overlay complex of two area codes, with +1 364 being the second. A local or in-state telephone call now requires that all 10 digits of the local number be dialed (omitting just the leading +1 from a local landline call).

Signage on many established businesses may still display the original seven-digit numbers; dial 270 before these if no area code is indicated.

Go next

 * Bowling Green
 * Cave City
 * Mammoth Cave National Park
 * Morgantown