CAMPBELLSVILLE

city, Taylor county, central Kentucky, U.S., near the juncture of the Bluegrass, Pennyroyal, and Knobs regions, 70 miles (113 km) south-southeast of Louisville. Founded in 1817 and named for Adam Campbell, an early settler, it became the seat of Taylor county at its formation in 1848; before that it was in Green county. The locality developed as a market for livestock and field crops, chiefly tobacco, and later acquired light manufacturing, with underwear as the major product. Campbellsville College was founded in 1906. The site of the American Civil War battle of Green River, at Tebbs Bend (July 4, 1863), is 10 miles south. The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site is 30 miles northwest. Inc. 1824. Pop. (1990) 9,577.