LaRue County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- John LaRue
- Seat
- Hodgenville
- Largest city
- Hodgenville
- Judge executive
- Blake Durrett (R)
- Total
- 264 sq mi (680 km )
- Land
- 262 sq mi (680 km )
- Water
- 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 15,184
- Density
- 56.7/sq mi (21.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- laruecountyky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
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. Its county seat is Hodgenville, 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. 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.
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