Place:LaRue, Kentucky, United States

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NameLaRue
Alt namesLa Ruesource: Family History Library Catalog
Laruesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
LaRuesource: WeRelate abbreviation
TypeCounty
Coordinates37.55°N 85.7°W
Located inKentucky, United States     (1843 - )
See alsoHardin, Kentucky, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Rolling Fork Christian Church Cemetery
Historical inhabited place
Otter Creek Mill
Inhabited place
Athertonville
Attilla
Boundary Oak
Buffalo
Ginseng
Gleanings
Hodgenville
Jericho
Leafdale
Lyons
Magnolia
Mathers Mill
Maxine
Mount Sherman
Roanoke
South Buffalo
Talley
Tanner
Tonieville
White City
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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LaRue County is a county in the central region of the U.S. state of Kentucky, outside the Bluegrass Region and larger population centers. Its county seat is Hodgenville, which is best known as the birthplace of United States President Abraham Lincoln. The county was formed 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 prohibition or dry county.

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History

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1843 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1843 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1843 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1843 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1843 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1852 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 5,859
1860 6,891
1870 8,235
1880 9,793
1890 9,433
1900 10,764
1910 10,701
1920 10,004
1930 9,093
1940 9,622
1950 9,956
1960 10,346
1970 10,672
1980 11,922
1990 11,679
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of LaRue County, Kentucky, United States

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~kylarue/larue4.htm

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