Elizabethtown, Kentucky

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Elizabethtown, Kentucky is a small city in central Kentucky that serves as a regional hub for commerce, transportation, and services.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
county seat
areaCode 270
364
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States
county Hardin County, Kentucky
distanceTo about 45 miles south of Louisville, Kentucky
economicRole retail center for Central Kentucky
service center for surrounding rural counties
FIPSCode 21-24082
foundedBy Colonel Andrew Hynes
foundedIn 1793
GNISFeatureID 0492050
governingBody Elizabethtown City Council
hasAttraction Freeman Lake Park
Hardin County History Museum
Swope’s Cars of Yesteryear Museum
hasEducationalInstitution Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
Elizabethtown Independent Schools
hasGovernmentType mayor–council government
hasHistoricEvent Civil War skirmishes in 1862
hasMayor city mayor of Elizabethtown
hasNearbyInterchange junction of Interstate 65 and Bluegrass Parkway
hasNearbyMilitaryInstallation Fort Knox
incorporatedIn 1797
isCountySeatOf Hardin County, Kentucky
locatedIn United States Census Bureau-defined Elizabethtown metropolitan area
locatedInRegion Central Kentucky
Elizabethtown–Fort Knox metropolitan area
locatedNear Fort Knox
locatedOn U.S. Highway corridor between Louisville and Nashville
majorHighway Bluegrass Parkway
Interstate 65 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 31W NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 62 NERFINISHED
namedAfter Elizabeth, wife of Colonel Andrew Hynes
partOf Elizabethtown–Fort Knox metropolitan area
Lincoln Heritage Trail
postalCode 42701
role regional hub for commerce
regional hub for services
regional hub for transportation
state Kentucky
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time
transportHubFor Central Kentucky region


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