Hodgenville
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city in LaRue County, Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- LaRue
- Named after
- Robert Hodgen, a local miller
- Total
- 2.19 sq mi (5.67 km )
- Land
- 2.18 sq mi (5.65 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 728 ft (222 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 3,379
- Density
- 1,482.1/sq mi (572.24/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 270 & 364
- Fips code
- 21-37396
- Gnis feature id
- 0494334
- Website
- cityofhodgenvilleky .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Hodgenville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- LaRue County
- Population
- 3235
- Area
- 5.36903
- Elevation
- 222
- Capital of
- LaRue County
- Official website
- hodgenville.ky.gov
- Image
- Hodgenville KY Town Square.jpg
- Households
- 1125
- Dialing code
- 270
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- Commons category
- Hodgenville, Kentucky
- P8168
- Rytyvvozh
- postal code
- 42748
- inception
- 1839-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.3131
- per capita income
- 18941
- date of incorporation
- 1836-02-18
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Encyclopedic overview
Hodgenville is a home rule-class city in LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. Hodgenville sits along the North Fork of the Nolin River. As of the 2020 census, Hodgenville had a population of 3,235. It is included in the Elizabethtown metropolitan area and is best known for being the birthplace of the 16th United States president Abraham Lincoln.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hodgenville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.