Morgantown (Kentucky) - county seat in Kentucky

Morgantown is a town located in west-central Kentucky.

Understand

Get in

By Car

Morgantown is located off of exit 28 (US 231/KY 79) and exit 29 (KY 70) on Interstate 165 (formerly the William H. Natcher Parkway), almost halfway between Owensboro and Bowling Green. Morgantown can also be accessed from exit 94 off of the Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway and heading south on KY 79 from Caneyville, as well as from exit 36 off I-165 and heading south on US 231 near Butler County's northern boundary with Ohio County, where Beaver Dam is located.

By air

• Nashville International Airport (IATA: BNA)
• Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (IATA: SDF)

Get around

Morgantown is a relatively small town, so getting around should not be much of a problem. Car is the most popular mean of transportation in Morgantown, because there are no services in terms of public transportation.

See

Do

• Charles Black City Park

Buy

Eat

• Farm Boy Restaurant, 607 West G.L. Smith Street, +1 270 526-0700. $ 2016-03-03
• Firehouse Pizza, 116 East Ohio Street, +1 270 526-5560. This pizza place's claim to local fame is "The Chief," a 28-inch pizza with your favorite toppings. Refer to website for more information. $ 2016-03-03
• Mi Garcia's Mexican Restaurant, 101 Veterans Way (KY 70 near US 231 JCT next to Morgantown Bank & Trust), +1 270 662-0104. $ 2016-03-03
• Pizza Zone, 618 West G.L. Smith Street, +1 270 526-3200. Pizza and pasta is the mainstays of this place, but it also offers hamburgers and ice cream. Since 1999, it has been billed as "the best pizza in town." $ 2016-03-03

Drink

Morgantown and Butler County used to be dry. The legal sale of alcoholic beverages began locally as a result of a local election in 2016.

Sleep

• Green River Lodge, 102 Sawmill Road (US 231/KY 79 (South Main Street)), +1 270 526-6262. 2016-03-03

Connect

By phone

Most telephone numbers in Morgantown, and in the rest of Butler County, consist of +1 270 plus a seven-digit number, but the area 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 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

• Brownsville (Kentucky)
• Mammoth Cave National Park
• Central City (Kentucky)
• Hartford/Beaver Dam
• Owensboro
• Bowling Gren
• Nashville