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SURROUNDING COUNTIES Hardin - Hart - Green - Taylor - Marion - Nelson

RECORDS OF INTEREST Biographies Births Marriages Deaths/Obits Cemetaries Future Surnames Wills Website Updates: 11 Feb 2008: LaRue Marriages Cities and towns Athertonville Buffalo Hodgenville Lyons Magnolia Mt. Sherman Tonieville Upton - (Partly in Hardin County)

History LaRue County, formed in 1843 and named for John LaRue, was originally the southeast part of Hardin County. It contains the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln LaRue is a prohibition or dry county. County seat is Hodgenville. Larue County Public Library 201 S Lincoln Blvd Hodgenville, KY 42748 Kentucky Historical Society 100 W. Broadway Frankfort, KY 40601 502.564.1792 Office of Vital Statistics Department for Health Services 275 East Main Street Frankfort, KY 40621