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Hodgenville

Hodgenville is a small town in LaRue County, Kentucky. The zip code is 42748. The area code is 270.

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.

Get around

See

  • Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, 2995 Lincoln Farm Road, ☎ ''+1 270'' 358-3137(fax: ''+1 270'' 358-3874), [1]. Daily 8AM-4:45PM; until 6:45PM Memorial Day to Labor Day. Free.  
  • Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek, Approx 10 miles northeast of the Birthplace site(From the Birthplace Unit: Take US 31E (KY 61) northeast for approximately 10 miles; entrance on left), ☎ ''+1 270'' 358-3137(fax: ''+1 270'' 358-3874), [2]. Daily: daylight hours. Free.  
  • The Lincoln Museum, 66 Lincoln Square, ☎ ''+1 270'' 358-3163(abe@lincolnmuseum-ky.org), [3]. M-Sa 8:30AM-4:30PM, Su 12:30PM-4:30PM. The main floor of this museum features dioramas of pivotal points of Abraham Lincoln's life. The second floor has a collection of Lincoln memorabilia including news clippings and campaign posters. 

Do

  • Joel Ray's Lincoln Jamboree [4] 2579 Lincoln Farm Rd. 358-3545. Every Saturday Night, 8:00 PM EST. All seats reserved at $8.00 each. Free weekend camp sites (with electricity) are available for customers. The campground opens At 11 AM on Fridays.

Events

  • Lincoln Days Celebration [5] Celebrated the first weekend in October, this year's Festival will be October 6 & 7.

Lincolns Loft Bookstore on the square

Eat

  • China King 800 S. Lincoln Blvd. 358-8808.
  • H & T Billiards 9 Lincoln Square 358-9505.
  • Hardee's 101 Lincoln Dr. 358-8881.
  • Hometown Pizza 105 Lincoln Dr. 358-8844.
  • Joel Ray's Restaurant 2579 Lincoln Farm Rd. 358-3545.
  • Laha's Red Castle Hamburgers 21 Public Square 358-9201.
  • Lee's Famous Recipe Fried Chicken 803 S. Lincoln Blvd. 358-9288.
  • Magnolia Market and Café 9357 New Jackson Hwy., Magnolia 324-9932.
  • Mama Sond's Café 110 N. Lincoln Blvd. 358-9783.
  • McDonalds [6] 932 S. Lincoln Blvd. 358-5751.
  • Miguel's Mexican Restaurant 328 S. Lincoln Blvd. 358-0244.
  • Paula's Hot Biscuit 311 W. Water St. 358-2237.
  • Pizza Hut [7] 715 N. Lincoln Blvd. 358-9545.
  • Pizza Zone 2507 Greensburg Rd., Buffalo, 42716 325-2252.
  • Royal Pizza II, Inc. 804 S. Lincoln Blvd. 358-0088.
  • Ruthie's Lincoln Freeze 700 S. Lincoln Blvd. 358-4987.
  • Subway/TCBY [8] 107 Lincoln Dr. 358-5959.

Drink

LaRue County is dry, along with Elizabethtown. The nearest wet community is Bardstown.

Sleep

  • Cabin Fever #2, 3030 Old Elizabethtown Rd., (270) 358-4415, [9]. $60 + 6% tax, per couple, per night (includes breakfast). Located on KY 210 North, just 3 miles from Hodgenville. No smoking. Not wheelchair accessible. Swimming Pool available.
  • Nancy Lincoln Inn, 96 Nancy Lincoln Ln. (270) 358-3845, [10].

More lodging is available in nearby Elizabethtown and Bardstown.

Get out

Contact

  • LaRue County Chamber of Commerce [11]

This page was last edited at 23:55, on 23 April 2008 by Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. Based on work by Eric Polk, David, Andrew Haggard and Ryan Holliday, Wikitravel user(s) Jonboy and Rspga49 and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.