Green River Park and Arboretum is located at Thelma Stovall Park, 101 River Rd in Munfordville, Ky. Located on the banks of the beautiful Green River, our city park offers a boat, canoe & kayak launch ramp, paved walking trails, the Jenny Wilson Byrd hiking trailhead, hiking trails, a 9-hole disc golf course, covered pavilions, grills, a children’s playground, and offers seasonal primitive camping. Munfordville is recognized as an official Tree City USA member and a certified Kentucky Trail Town.
Kentucky Department of Tourism announced Munfordville as a certified Kentucky Trail Town April 27th, 2017. Munfordville is the first designated Trailtown in the Mammoth Cave Area of Kentucky. The Kentucky Trail Town Program is a tourism based economic development program that provides a plan for communities to capitalize on their opportunities for outdoor recreation, increasing opportunities for healthy physical activities through access to trails and recreational areas. Come Explore Munfordville & experience the Green River, it’s great for families, experienced or beginning canoeists and kayakers. You’ll love the Green River experience from 300 Springs to Mammoth Cave National Park.
Trailtown adventures in Munfordville include the Green River, Big Buffalo Crossing Canoe and Kayak, camping and hiking at Thelma Stovall Park Green River Arboretum, the Mammoth Cave Loop of the TransAmerica Cycling Route and several other locally designated cycling routes. Munfordville also hosts the Annual Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Contest and is home to Kentucky’s Stonehenge, a popular roadside attraction.
Thelma Stovall Park in Munfordville is named after a remarkable woman! Thelma Loyace Hawkins Stovall, born April 1st, 1919 and died February 4th, 1994, was a pioneering female Southern politician who won several statewide elective offices in Kentucky. In 1950, She began her long career serving in the Kentucky House of Representatives, where she served three terms.
Thelma Stovall served three terms as Kentucky Secretary of State from 1956-60, 1964-68, & 1972-76. Between those terms she served as Kentucky State Treasurer. Stovall was the first woman to be elected Lieutenant Governor, serving as the 47th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1975–1979 under the Governor Julian Carroll administration. She was appointed as a member emeritus of the Kentucky Commission on Women by Governor Martha Layne Collins.
Stovall was born in Munfordville, Kentucky in 1919 and moved with her mother and little sister to Louisville when she was eight years old. At age 15, Thelma Stovall went to work sweeping floors at the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company to help with the family’s finances. Her single mother was raising two children during the Great Depression. At Brown and Williamson, Stovall began her involvement in organized labor and remained a strong friend of the Kentucky labor unions throughout her long career in public service. She was a lifelong advocate and champion for the rights of women & working people.
Munfordville Municipal Cemetery
100 W. Back Street in
Munfordville, KY 42765
Donations:
Cemetery Mailing
PO Box 85
Munfordville, KY 42765
Munfordville Municipal Cemetery
It is Mowing season again and the cemetery committee would like to remind everyone that we need all accessories and flowers on the ground removed for the mowers. Flowers may be left on headstones and shepherds hook immediately next to the headstone. Anything left will be removed at the committee’s discretion.
Additional Cemetery Information
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Cemetery photos courtesy: Linda Watts
Aerial Cemetery photo courtesy: Joey Atchley-Dennis
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Munfordville Municipal Water/Sewer Company
P.O. Box 85
Munfordville, Kentucky 42765
(270) 524-5701
You may pay your Water bill in person at City Hall during business hours.
Munfordville City Police
111 South St.
Munfordville, KY 42745
(270) 524-5359
Police Chief, Ryan Riggs
Munfordville Volunteer Fire Department
717 National Turnpike
Munfordville, KY 42765
(270) 524-2323
Fire Chief, Adam Sloan
Munfordville Sports Complex
151 Home Run Drive
Munfordville, KY 42765
(270) 524-4752
Sports Complex Director, TBD
Munfordville Municipal Cemetery
E Back Street
Munfordville, KY 42765
For information call (270) 524-5701
Thelma Stovall City Park / Green River Arboretum
101 River Rd.
Munfordville, KY 42765
(270) 524-4752
Hart County School Board of Education
25 Quality Street
Munfordville, KY 42765
(270) 524-2631
https://www.hart.kyschools.us/
Hart County Chamber of Commerce
116 E Union St
Munfordville, KY 42765
(270) 524-2892
https://www.hartcountyky.org/
Hart County Historical Museum
Main St
Munfordville, Ky 42765
(270) 524-0001
http://www.hartcountymuseum.org/
Munfordville Tourism
113 Main St.
Munfordville, KY 42765
(270) 524-4752
https://www.visitmunfordville.com/
Hart County Courthouse
200 Main St
Munfordville, Ky 42765
(270) 524-5219
https://hartcounty.ky.gov/Elected/Pages/je.aspx
Hart County Solid Waste Management
300 Quality St
Munfordville, Ky 42765
(270) 524-3323
http://www.hartcountysolidwaste.com/
Hart County Property Valuation Administrator (PVA)
118 E Union St
Munfordville, Ky 42765
(270) 524-2322
http://www.qpublic.net/ky/hart/
Hart County Sheriff’s Department
PO Box 206
Munfordville, Ky 42765
(270) 524-2341
Non-Emergency Dispatch: 270-524-0011
http://www.hartcountysheriff.com/
Hart County Jail
520 AA Whitman Ln
Munfordville, Ky 42765
(270) 524-2571
http://www.hartcountykyjail.com/
Horse Cave/Hart County Tourism
111 Main St
PO Box 385
Horse Cave, Ky 42749
(270) 218-0386
https://kygetaway.com/
Hart County Judicial Center
117 E South St
Munfordville, KY 42765
(270) 524-5181
https://kycourts.gov/courts/clerks/Pages/default.aspx?county=Hart
Hart County Attorney
113 East South St
Munfordville, Ky 42765
(270) 524-2547
http://hartcountyattorney.com/
Hart County UK Cooperative Extension Office
505 AA Whitman Dr
Munfordville, Ky 42765
(270) 524-2451
http://hart.ca.uky.edu/
Community Action of Southern Ky – Hart
509 AA Whitman Ln
Munfordville, Ky 42765
(270) 524-0224
https://www.casoky.org/hart
Hart County Clerk
200 Main St
Munfordville, Ky 42765
(270) 524-2751
http://hart.countyclerk.us
Holiday Hours:
City Hall is Closed Dec 23rd – Dec 26th & Dec 30th- Jan 2nd
City Hall Regular Office hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
phone: (270) 524-5701 / fax: (270) 524-3021
Monday through Friday
except on the following Federal holidays:
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
Presidents’ Day
Good Friday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
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Labor Day
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Veterans’ Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
When New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Veterans’ Day or Christmas Day fall on a Saturday, the holiday is observed on the preceding Friday. When these holidays fall on a Sunday, the holiday is observed on the following Monday.
Kentucky Regulation require a plumbing permit for the establishment of all new water meter settings. A homeowners permit may be obtain for a property owner who request a new tap on – new meter setting and is willing to install the line form their new meter to their existing plumbing.
Commercial, rental, and services which will or may be available to the public require a plumbing permit which must be obtained by as licensed plumber.
