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Larue County, Kentucky

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
32historic places
—earliest paper
1843formed
14,867pop. 2020
11cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 32 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966. Most listings are in or near Hodgenville, Buffalo, New Haven.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kentucky is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Larue titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

27 of 32 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

32 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic SiteHodgenvilleBuilding1966
Atherton, Aaron, HouseHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Beeler, Dorsey, HouseHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Brown HouseHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Buffalo SchoolBuffaloBuilding2009
Burch, Walter, HouseHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Carter, Nicholas, HouseHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Ferrill, Edward S., HouseBuffaloBuilding1991
Goodin, Albert, HouseHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Hodgenville Christian ChurchHodgenvilleBuilding1977
Hodgenville Commercial Historic DistrictHodgenvilleDistrict1988
Hodgenville Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)HodgenvilleDistrict2009
Hodgenville Women's ClubHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Kirkpatrick, Joseph, SpringhouseHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Larue County JailHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Lincoln Boyhood HomeAthertonvilleDistrict1988
Lincoln, Abraham, StatueHodgenvilleObject1991
Lincoln, Nancy, InnHodgenvilleBuilding1991
McClain HotelBuffaloBuilding1991
Miller, William, HouseHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Miller-Blanton HouseNew HavenBuilding1991
New Haven Battlefield SiteNew HavenSite2004
Nolynn Baptist ChurchHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Patterson, Thomas, HouseHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Phillips, William, HouseHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Saunders-Boyd HouseHodgenvilleBuilding1991
School No. 20HodgenvilleBuilding1991
School No. 24HodgenvilleBuilding1991
Smith, David H., HouseHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Thomas, R. H., HouseHodegenvilleBuilding1991
Tonieville StoreHodgenvilleBuilding1991
Walters, Thomas, HouseHodgenvilleBuilding1991

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Larue was formed in 1843 (1843-03-01) from Hardin.

LARUE created from HARDIN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Larue County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

15k10k5,8591850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,8596,8919,79310,76410,0049,6229,95610,34611,92213,37314,867

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic SitePark unit1.7 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

11 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed
NameLatLon
Big Spring Cemetery37.57234-85.82298
Castleman Cemetery37.64094-85.72926
Daugherty Cemetery37.65731-85.73135
Edlin Cemetery37.70144-85.66107
McCanless Cemetery37.48268-85.85866
Mount Tabor Baptist Cemetery37.48861-85.6592
Neff Cemetery37.65787-85.68871
Pleasant Grove Cemetery37.58715-85.66184
Potts Spring Cemetery37.64811-85.68162
Red Hill Cemetery37.57196-85.73295
Saint Joachim Cemetery37.58285-85.64663
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
NameLatLon
Carter37.63276-85.75662
In The Bark of Wonderland37.47266-85.83689
Keith37.49784-85.76095
Malt37.4854-85.61347
White City37.58951-85.66441

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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