LaRue County, Kentucky

LaRue County
LaRue County
County
	LaRue County courthouse in Hodgenville in 2022
	Location within the U.S. state of Kentucky
	Kentucky's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 37°34′36″N 85°41′12″W / 37.5767°N 85.6867°W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
Founded	1843
Named for	John LaRue
Seat	Hodgenville
Largest city	Hodgenville
Area
• Total	264 sq mi (680 km2)
• Land	262 sq mi (680 km2)
• Water	2.1 sq mi (5 km2) 0.8%
Population (2020)
• Total	14,867
• Estimate (2023)	15,303
• Density	56/sq mi (22/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	2nd
Website	www.laruecounty.org

LaRue County is a county in the central region of the U.S. state of Kentucky, outside the Bluegrass Region and larger population centers. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,867.^[1] Its county seat is Hodgenville,^[2] which is best known as the birthplace of United States President Abraham Lincoln. The county was established on March 4, 1843, from the southeast portion of Hardin County. It was named for John P. LaRue, an early settler.^[3]^[4] LaRue County is included in the Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Louisville/Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Bardstown, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area. It is a dry county.

^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ E., Kleber, John; Kentucky, University Press of; Policy, Institute for Regional Analysis and Public; Library, Camden-Carroll; University, Morehead State (2000). "The Kentucky Encyclopedia". www.kyenc.org. Retrieved July 3, 2018. {{cite web}}: |last3= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 1. Kentucky State Historical Society. 1903. p. 35.