Welcome to
Horse Cave, Kentucky
Horse Cave (population 2,250) is located on the southern edge of Hart County. The town is centered on a cave from which it derived its name and water supply. It was an oasis of water, cool air, and shelter. There is no specific source for the name. Several have been suggested. The most plausible source is that the word “horse” was frequently used in the 18th and 19th centuries for something extraordinarily large: horse-laugh, horse chestnut, etc. The entrance to the cave, located on Main Street in the downtown area, is the largest natural opening in the entire cave area.
Meet Our Mayor
The City of Horse Cave is represented by a mayor/council form of government. The mayor serves a four-year term, and city council members serve two-year terms.
The city has non-elected employees who serve under the mayor: a city clerk, a deputy clerk, a finance officer, a licensing clerk/zoning administrator, six police officers, and four maintenance/cemetery employees.
Randall Curry
We all have one goal: making Horse Cave a better place to live, work, and play. We are very proud of our community, its rich heritage, and its promising future. We work very hard to serve our citizens' needs, to provide for their safety and well-being, and to plan for our future growth.
If any of us can assist you, please contact us. If we don't know your problem, we cannot work to solve it.
Made In Horse Cave
Horse Cave, Kentucky is Home to many Manufactures and Company's that produce and supply many popular products throughout the United States.
Marzetti
1000 Top Quality Drive
Horse Cave, KY 42749
It all began in 1896 when young Teresa Marzetti arrived in the United States from Florence, Italy, and started her small Italian restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. Customers particularly enjoyed Teresa's salad dressings and were often seen leaving the restaurant with bottles of their favorites. After Teresa Marzetti died in 1972, the restaurant closed forever, but her passion for quality still lives in Marzetti's many salad dressings, dips, and croutons. The Horse Cave plant is located at 1000 Top Quality Drive in Horse Cave and employs several hundred people from the surrounding area.
DART
975 South Dixie Street
Horse Cave, KY 42749
​Dart Container Corporation of Kentucky in Horse Cave, KY, opened in 1980 and is Hart County's largest employer. The Horse Cave plant currently employs approximately 1500 Hart County residents and many from the surrounding region. Since its opening, the Horse Cave plant has expanded six times.
The Horse Cave facility manufactures a host of Dart products, which are used by restaurants, coffee shops, healthcare facilities, and the food packaging industry. Dart products from Horse Cave also appear on the shelves of many retail operations.
Dart's Horse Cave plant has a consistent growth history, leading to employment and production increases approximately every five years.
Dart actively supports the local communities through donations to 4-H and school-related programs, the Horse Cave Heritage Festival, Relay for Life, the American Cave Museum, The Thomas House Renovation, Horse Cave's Street Scape, and other area events. Dart also sponsors career days at local schools and blood drives and provides much-needed support for the area's Fire, Police, and Rescue departments.
Sister Schubert's
900 Top Quality Drive
Horse Cave, KY 42749
Founded by Patricia “Sister Schubert” Barnes in 1989, the brand bearing her name is known today for producing 12 varieties of melt-in-your-mouth-delicious rolls that go from freezer to table in minutes. Located at 900 Top Quality Drive in Horse Cave, it employs several hundred people from Horse Cave, Hart Co., and surrounding communities.
Geothermal
Supply Company
106 Cherry Street
​Horse Cave, KY 42749
Geothermal Supply Company, Inc., located at 106 Cherry Street in Horse Cave, is a nationwide provider of quality geothermal products and services to the ever-growing geothermal industry. Whether you are a system designer, system installer, or system owner, their job is to make your job easier.
Jobe Publishing
Company
570 S. Dixie St.
Horse Cave, Ky. 42749
Jobe Publishing, Inc. offers a variety of printing services with an in-house bindery department. It is NOT just a newspaper printing company. Jeff Jobe, CEO/Publisher, owns multiple hometown newspapers in Hart, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe, Butler, and Edmonson counties.
Location
U.S. Route 31W (Dixie Street) is the main road through Horse Cave, leading north 8 miles (13 km) to Munfordville and southwest through Cave City 10 miles (16 km) to Park City near the entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park. Interstate 65 passes 2 miles (3 km) west of Horse Cave, with access from Exit 58. I-65 leads north 78 miles (126 km) to Louisville and southwest 97 miles (156 km) to Nashville, Tennessee.