LaRue County, Kentucky

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county county in Kentucky

LaRue County, Kentucky is a rural county in central Kentucky best known as the birthplace region of Abraham Lincoln, with its seat in the small city of Hodgenville.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
LaRue County government 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county ⓘ
county in Kentucky ⓘ
borders Green County, Kentucky ⓘ
Hardin County, Kentucky ⓘ
Hart County, Kentucky ⓘ
Marion County, Kentucky ⓘ
Nelson County, Kentucky ⓘ
Taylor County, Kentucky ⓘ
contains Buffalo, Kentucky ⓘ
Hodgenville, Kentucky ⓘ
Magnolia, Kentucky ⓘ
Upton, Kentucky ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Hodgenville, Kentucky ⓘ
surface form: Hodgenville

Hodgenville, Kentucky ⓘ
establishedIn 1843 ⓘ
FIPSCode 21-123 ⓘ
formedFrom Hardin County, Kentucky ⓘ
GNISID 0512090 ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasCourthouse LaRue County government complex ⓘ
surface form: LaRue County Courthouse
hasHistoricSite Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park ⓘ
Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek ⓘ
surface form: Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek
hasLibrary LaRue County Public Library ⓘ
hasMajorHighway Kentucky Route 210 ⓘ
Kentucky Route 61 ⓘ
Kentucky Route 84 ⓘ
U.S. Route 31E NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotablePersonAssociated Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://laruecounty.org/ ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicSector agriculture ⓘ
services ⓘ
small-scale manufacturing ⓘ
hasRegionCode 270 ⓘ
364 ⓘ
hasSchoolDistrict LaRue County Public Schools ⓘ
isLandlocked true ⓘ
isPartOf Elizabethtown–Fort Knox metropolitan area ⓘ
isRural true ⓘ
knownFor birthplace region of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
locatedIn Interior Low Plateaus physiographic region ⓘ
surface form: Interior Low Plateaus region

United States South ⓘ
central Kentucky ⓘ
namedFor John LaRue ⓘ
partOf Bureau of the Census ⓘ
surface form: United States Census Bureau
state Kentucky ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hardin County, Kentucky → borders → LaRue County, Kentucky ⓘ
Hart County, Kentucky → borders → LaRue County, Kentucky ⓘ
Buffalo, Kentucky → county → LaRue County, Kentucky ⓘ
Magnolia, Kentucky → county → LaRue County, Kentucky ⓘ
Rolling Fork → flowsThrough → LaRue County, Kentucky ⓘ
subject surface form: LaRue County Courthouse
this entity surface form: LaRue County government
subject surface form: LaRue County Courthouse
Hodgenville, Kentucky → isCountySeatOf → LaRue County, Kentucky ⓘ
Buffalo, Kentucky → locatedIn → LaRue County, Kentucky ⓘ
Hodgenville, Kentucky → locatedIn → LaRue County, Kentucky ⓘ
subject surface form: LaRue County Courthouse
LaRue County government complex → locatedIn → LaRue County, Kentucky ⓘ
Rolling Fork → locatedIn → LaRue County, Kentucky ⓘ
subject surface form: LaRue County Courthouse
this entity surface form: LaRue County government
Magnolia, Kentucky → partOf → LaRue County, Kentucky ⓘ
subject surface form: LaRue County Courthouse