Hodgenville

Hodgenville is a small town in the Kentucky Derby Region. Its claim to fame is being the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. Lincoln was born on Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville.

Get in
Interstate 65 cuts across LaRue County's western border. KY 61, also known as Lincoln Pkwy, leads to Hodgenville from Elizabethtown and I-65 and serves as a gateway to Kentucky's Cumberland Plateau. US 31E brings traffic from Bardstown and Glasgow and US 31W parallels I-65 in the western part of the county.

Events

 * Lincoln Days Celebration Celebrated the first weekend in October, this year's Festival will be October 6 & 7.

Lincolns Loft Bookstore on the square

Eat

 * Laha's Red Castle Hamburgers 21 Public Square +1 270 358-9201.
 * Laha's Red Castle Hamburgers 21 Public Square +1 270 358-9201.
 * Laha's Red Castle Hamburgers 21 Public Square +1 270 358-9201.
 * Laha's Red Castle Hamburgers 21 Public Square +1 270 358-9201.

Drink
LaRue County is dry but Hodgenville voted to go wet in 2018.

Sleep


More lodging is available in nearby Elizabethtown and Bardstown.

Connect

 * LaRue County Chamber of Commerce

By phone
Most telephone numbers in Hodgenville and LaRue County consist of +1 270 plus a seven-digit number, but a second area code (+1 364) was overlain onto the entire 270 area in February 2014. A local or in-state telephone call now requires all 10 digits of the local number be dialed (omitting just the leading +1 from a local landline call).

Signage on many established businesses may still display the original seven-digit numbers; dial 270 before these if no area code is indicated.

Go next

 * Campbellsville
 * Cave City
 * Bardstown
 * Elizabethtown