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 In
the fall of 1808, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln settled on the 348 acre Sinking
Spring Farm. Two months later on February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was
born in a one-room log cabin near the Sinking Spring. Here the Lincolns
lived and farmed before moving to land a few miles away at Knob Creek.
The area was established by Congress on July 17, 1916. An early 19th century
Kentucky cabin, symbolic of the one in which Lincoln was born, is preserved
in a memorial building at the site of his birth.
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| Communities
Surrounding Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site | |
| Note: The times listed below are approximate driving times to the park. | Hodgenville, KY (4 min.
) Pop. 2,874
Jonesville, KY (9 min.
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Magnolia, KY (9 min.
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Mount Sherman, KY (11 min.
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Fort Knox, KY (18 min.
) Pop. 12,377
Sonora, KY (18 min.
) Pop. 350
Elizabethtown, KY (19 min.
) Pop. 22,542
New Haven, KY (19 min.
) Pop. 849
Canmer, KY (21 min.
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Summersville, KY (24 min.
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| Glendale, KY (24 min.
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Upton, KY (25 min.
) Pop. 654
Cecilia, KY (27 min.
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Bonnieville, KY (30 min.
) Pop. 354
New Hope, KY (31 min.
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Raywick, KY (31 min.
) Pop. 144
White Mills, KY (32 min.
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Eastview, KY (33 min.
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Saint Francis, KY (39 min.
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Loretto, KY (42 min.
) Pop. 623
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