LaRue County, Kentucky
[1] Its county seat is Hodgenville,[2] which is best known as the birthplace of United States President Abraham Lincoln.The low rolling hills of LaRue County have been largely cleared and devoted to agriculture or urban development, with only the drainages of the eastern portions still wooded.[5] The highest point (1,100 feet (340 meters) ASL) is a small hill near its border with Taylor County.The county sponsors the annual Lincoln Days celebration on the first full weekend of October, Friday through Sunday.Highlights include the Lincoln Look-A-Like contests, rail-splitting competitions, a parade, shopping booths and concerts by local talent (mostly country, bluegrass and Southern gospel).
CountyKentuckyNamed forJohn LaRueHodgenvilleTime zoneUTC−5EasternUTC−4U.S. stateBluegrass Region2020 censuscounty seatbirthplaceUnited States PresidentAbraham LincolnJohn P. LaRueElizabethtownFort KnoxMetropolitan Statistical AreaLouisville/Jefferson CountyBardstownCombined Statistical Areadry countyUnited States Census BureauNelson CountyMarion CountyTaylor CountyGreen CountyHart CountyHardin CountyAbraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic SitecensusAfrican AmericanNative AmericanPacific Islanderother racesHispanicLatinoper capita incomeBuffaloMagnoliaAthertonvilleGinsengMount ShermanTannerTonievilleWhite CityIndependent BaptistcountrybluegrassSouthern gospelRepublicanDemocraticThird party(ies)Donald Trump2016 electionU.S. HouseBrett GuthrieKy. SenateJimmy HigdonKy. HouseRyan BivensLouisville/Jefferson County–Elizabethtown–Bardstown, KY-IN Combined Statistical AreaNational Register of Historic Places listings in LaRue County, KentuckyKentucky General AssemblyCitiesOtherunincorporatedcommunitiesCommonwealthFrankfortTopicsCuisineclimate changeHistoryHistory of educationnewspapersPeopleReligionSymbolsTheaterTransportationAbortionCultureDemographicsEducationElectionsGun lawsHomelessnessLGBT rightsSportsAllegheny PlateauThe BluegrassCumberland MountainsCumberland PlateauEastern Kentucky CoalfieldHighland RimThe KnobsMississippi PlainNorthern KentuckyPennyroyal PlateauThe PurchaseRidge-and-ValleyTennessee ValleyWestern Coal Fields25 largest citiesLouisvilleLexingtonBowling GreenOwensboroCovingtonRichmondGeorgetownFlorenceHopkinsvilleNicholasvilleIndependenceHendersonJeffersontownPaducahRadcliffAshlandMurrayErlangerWinchesterMadisonvilleMount Washington