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

Route of Lincolns

 
 
Route of Lincolns Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 10, 2021
1. Route of Lincolns Marker
Inscription. In the autumn of 1816, Abraham Lincoln's family traveled this old pioneer trail through Vine Grove, established in 1802, when migrating from Knob Hill farm, Larue County, Kentucky, to Spencer County, Indiana.
 
Erected 1965 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 858.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • 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 month for this entry is September 1816.
 
Location. 37° 48.623′ N, 85° 58.913′ W. Marker is in Vine Grove, Kentucky, in Hardin County. It is on West Main Street (Kentucky Route 144) just east of Church Street ( Route 391), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 123 W Main St, Vine Grove KY 40175, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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
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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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Haycraft Inn (approx. 3.1 miles away); Radcliff Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away); M103 Heavy Tank (approx. 3.2 miles away); Army Armored Forces Memorial (approx. 3.3 miles away); The Atcher Cabin (approx. 3.7 miles away); The Raine Cabin (approx. 3.7 miles away); The Stovall Cabin (approx. 3.7 miles away); Stith Cabin (1874) (approx. 3.9 miles away).
 
Route of Lincolns Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 10, 2021
2. Route of Lincolns Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 401 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 21, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Sep. 24, 2026