 bowling green got its name after a square in new york city that was actually named bowling green where patriots pulled down a statue of king george the third and use the lead to make bullets during the american revolutionary war so bowling green gets its name from a square in new york city did the other bowling greens also do that there's several bowling they are i'm not sure i'd like to think so though we prefer the kentucky one we do also the famous one in ohio and i think there's even more than that too and not just the one in kentucky