Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park | |
Former U.S. National Historic Site | |
Location | LaRue County, Kentucky, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 37°31′53″N 85°44′10″W / 37.53139°N 85.73611°W |
Area | 344.50 acres (139.41 ha)[1] |
Visitation | 252,495 (2016)[2] |
Website | Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park |
NRHP reference No. | 66000066 |
Significant dates | |
Established | July 17, 1916 |
Designated NHS | September 8, 1959 |
Designated NHP | October 15, 1966 |
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park is a designated U.S. historic park preserving two separate farm sites in LaRue County, Kentucky, where Abraham Lincoln was born and lived early in his childhood. He was born at the Sinking Spring site south of Hodgenville and remained there until the family moved to the Knob Creek Farm northeast of Hodgenville when he was two years old, living there until he was seven years of age. The park's visitor center is located at the Sinking Spring site.