Elizabethtown in Hardin County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Lincoln Heritage House

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 10, 2021

1. Lincoln Heritage House Marker

Inscription. Pioneer homes of the Hardin Thomas family. One-room log cabin built ca. 1789. Thomas Lincoln, father of 16th President, did the carpentry and cabinet work on the four-room log structure built ca. 1805. For several years Thomas Lincoln was a resident of Hardin County which then included other present-day counties. Restoration made possible by Hardin County Historical Society.

Erected 1973 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1468.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #16 Abraham Lincoln, and the Kentucky Historical Society series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1789.

Location. 37° 43.162′ N, 85° 52.402′ W. Marker is in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in Hardin County. It is on Freeman Lake Park Road 0.4 miles east of North Dixie Highway (U.S. 31W), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 212 Freeman Lake Park Rd, Elizabethtown KY 42701, United States of America.

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Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Remembering Sarah Her Old Kentucky Home (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln (about 400 feet away); In Defense of a Nation (about 500 feet away); The Helms - First Family of Hardin County (approx. ¾ mile away); Men of Distinction (approx. ¾ mile away); Helm Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); John Larue Helm, 1802-1867 (approx. 0.8 miles away); John Young Brown (1835-1904) (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elizabethtown.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 10, 2021

2. Lincoln Heritage House Marker

Log cabin built by Thomas Lincoln, father of President Abraham Lincoln. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 10, 2021

3. Log cabin built by Thomas Lincoln, father of President Abraham Lincoln.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,562 times since then and 92 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 19, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.