When will the power be back in Bardstown, KY?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Bardstown is a city of about 14,104 residents in Nelson County.
Salt River Electric has reported outages for Bardstown by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Bardstown is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Bardstown:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Bardstown: the closest other places we track are Mount Washington, about 17 miles to the north; Shepherdsville, about 18 miles to the northwest; Elizabethtown, about 24 miles to the west; and Radcliff, about 26 miles to the west. Also nearby: Louisville (26 mi NW), Jeffersontown (27 mi N), Shelbyville (29 mi NE), St. Matthews (31 mi N), Lyndon (32 mi N), Shively (33 mi NW), Campbellsville (33 mi S) and Lawrenceburg (34 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Jeffersonville, IN (38 mi); northeast toward Frankfort (41 mi); east toward Danville (39 mi); southeast toward Somerset (69 mi); south toward Hartsville, TN (106 mi); southwest toward Glasgow (62 mi); west toward Owensboro (91 mi); and northwest toward Clarksville, IN (39 mi).
Who serves Bardstown?
We track live outage data from Salt River Electric ↗, City of Bardstown Electric ↗, Inter County Energy Cooperative Corp, Blue Grass Energy ↗ and 1 more in Nelson County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Bardstown's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 96 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 2 — 96 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 22 — 99 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 18 — 82 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 17 — 160 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Nelson County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.5 hr. The full record for Nelson County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Bardstown, KY?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Bardstown's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Bardstown, KY?
To check your own street, search a Bardstown ZIP code — 40004 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Bardstown specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Bardstown we have the city-level view: Salt River Electric has published outages for Bardstown under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Bardstown is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Nelson County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Bardstown.
