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   > Abe Lincoln wasn't from Lincoln County, He was raised in Hodgenville, KY,   
   > I think that is in Hardin County, KY.   
      
   It is in LaRue County, KY.   
      
   The original first three counties of Kentucky were Fayette (most of Eastern   
   KY -- named after the Marquis de LaFayette), Jefferson (most of North Central   
   KY -- named after Thomas Jefferson) and Lincoln (the rest of the state --   
   named after one of Lincoln's ancestors).  All current Kentucky counties,   
   except those in the Purchase Area West of Land Between the Lakes, were   
   originally part of one of those three counties.  At that time, the Purchase   
   Area was not yet part of the Kentucky Territory.   
      
   I am not 100% certain which counties were carved out of which, but I do   
   know where those original three shared a boundary.  If you look at a map of   
   Franklin County, and find the place where Benson Creek empties into the   
   Kentucky River, that is the point where the three counties came together.   
      
   Everything East (and North) of the Kentucky River was Fayette County.   
   Everything West of the Kentucky River, and North of Benson Creek, was   
   Jefferson.   
   Everything West of the Kentucky River, and South of Benson Creek, was   
   Lincoln.   
      
   Once you follow Benson Creek West, and get beyond its headwaters, I am not   
   sure where the boundary between Jefferson and Lincoln counties was.  Also,   
   further East, I am not certain which Kentucky River tributary was used as   
   the Fayette/Lincoln counties line.   
      
   So, today's LaRue County may have once been a part of Lincoln County, or it   
   may have once been a part of Jefferson, or it may have been carved between   
   both.  :)   
      
   Mike   
      
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