[3] The county is named for Revolutionary War hero General Nathanael Greene, but the reason why the final E is missing is unknown.

This early road started in Lincoln County, Kentucky, and went to Nashville.

(1) Green County was without a sheriff from 1879 until 1918, due to a dispute over railroad taxes.

Individuals were elected sheriff, but were unable to post enough bond to cover not collecting railroad property taxes, and the office was declared vacant.

(1) An oil boom from 1958 until the early 1960s gave the county an economic lift.

(1) The Goose Creek Footbridge connects the town square to what was once the train depot.

(1) The community of Summersville is home to weekend music at Green River Live, and to the Skyline Drive-In Theater.

(1) A public hanging in Greensburg on September 21, 1841, attracted a crowd recorded at 10,000 people.

Two other men who were convicted of the same crime - robbery and murder - died in their jail cell.

The event originated during the late 1930s, when Greensburg merchants would give away a cow to entice people to come to town.