LaRue County

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


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
administrativeCenter Hodgenville, Kentucky
surface form: "Hodgenville"
borderedBy Green County, Kentucky
Hardin County, Kentucky
Hart County, Kentucky
Nelson County, Kentucky
Taylor County, Kentucky
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
countySeat Hodgenville, Kentucky
surface form: "Hodgenville"
FIPSCode 21XXX
GNISFeatureID XXXXXXX
governingBody LaRue County Fiscal Court
hasCity Hodgenville, Kentucky
surface form: "Hodgenville"
hasCommunity Buffalo, Kentucky
Magnolia, Kentucky
hasCourthouse LaRue County Courthouse
hasEmergencyService LaRue County EMS
hasFestival Lincoln Days festival
surface form: "Lincoln Days Celebration"
hasFireDepartment LaRue County Fire and Rescue
hasHeritageSite Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
hasHighSchool LaRue County Public Schools
surface form: "LaRue County High School"
hasHistoricSite Knob Creek Farm
Sinking Spring
surface form: "Sinking Spring Farm"
hasMajorHighway Kentucky Route 210
Kentucky Route 61
U.S. Route 31E NERFINISHED
hasMuseum Lincoln Museum in Hodgenville
hasNewspaper The LaRue County Herald News
hasPark Creekfront Park in Hodgenville
hasPostalAbbreviation KY
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity agriculture
heritage tourism
small-scale manufacturing
hasPublicLibrary LaRue County Public Library
hasSchoolDistrict LaRue County Public Schools
hasSheriffOffice LaRue County Sheriff’s Office
isBirthplaceRegionOf Abraham Lincoln
isLandlocked true
isRural true
knownFor birthplace region of Abraham Lincoln
locatedIn Kentucky
central Kentucky
locatedInRegion Lincoln Trail region of Kentucky
namedFor John LaRue
partOf Kentucky
surface form: "Commonwealth of Kentucky"

United States of America
surface form: "United States"
regionType rural county
state Kentucky
timeZone Central Time Zone

Referenced by (3)

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Kentucky Route 84 connectsCounty LaRue County
Hodgenville, Kentucky county LaRue County
Kentucky Route 84 passesThrough LaRue County

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