Hodgenville is a small town in the Kentucky Derby Region.

Get in

Interstate 65 cuts across LaRue County's western border. KY 61, also known as Lincoln Pkwy, leads to Hodgenville from Elizabethtown and I-65 and serves as a gateway to Kentucky's Cumberland Plateau. US 31E brings traffic from Bardstown and Glasgow and US 31W parallels I-65 in the western part of the county.

See

• 1 Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, 2995 Lincoln Farm Rd, ☏ +1 270 358-3137, fax: +1 270 358-3874. Daily 8AM-4:45PM; until 6:45PM Memorial Day to Labor Day. Free.  
• 2 Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek, Approx 10 miles northeast of the Birthplace site (From the Birthplace Unit: Take US 31E (KY 61) northeast for approximately 10 miles; entrance on left), ☏ +1 270 358-3137, fax: +1 270 358-3874. Daily: daylight hours. Free.  
• The Lincoln Museum, 66 Lincoln Square, ☏ +1 270 358-3163, abe@lincolnmuseum-ky.org. M-Sa 8:30AM-4:30PM, Su 12:30PM-4:30PM. The main floor of this museum features dioramas of pivotal points of Abraham Lincoln's life. The second floor has a collection of Lincoln memorabilia including news clippings and campaign posters. 

Do

• Joel Ray's Lincoln Jamboree, 2579 Lincoln Farm Rd, ☏ +1 270 358-3545. Every Saturday Night, 8PM EST. All seats reserved at $8.00 each. Free weekend camp sites (with electricity) are available for customers. The campground opens At 11AM on Fridays. 

Events

• Lincoln Days Celebration Celebrated the first weekend in October, this year's Festival will be October 6 & 7.

Lincolns Loft Bookstore on the square

Eat

• China King, 800 S. Lincoln Blvd, ☏ +1 270 358-8808. 
• H & T Billiards 9 Lincoln Square +1 270 358-9505.
• Hardee's, 101 Lincoln Dr, ☏ +1 270 358-8881. 
• Hometown Pizza, 105 Lincoln Dr, ☏ +1 270 358-8844. 
• Joel Ray's Restaurant, 2579 Lincoln Farm Rd, ☏ +1 270 358-3545. 
• Laha's Red Castle Hamburgers 21 Public Square +1 270 358-9201.
• Lee's Famous Recipe Fried Chicken, 803 S. Lincoln Blvd, ☏ +1 270 358-9288. 
• Magnolia Market and Café, 9357 New Jackson Hwy, Magnolia, ☏ +1 270 324-9932. 
• Mama Sond's Café, 110 N. Lincoln Blvd, ☏ +1 270 358-9783. 
• Miguel's Mexican Restaurant, 328 S. Lincoln Blvd, ☏ +1 270 358-0244. 
• Paula's Hot Biscuit, 311 W. Water St, ☏ +1 270 358-2237. 
• Pizza Zone, 2507 Greensburg Rd, ☏ +1 42716 325-2252. Buffalo. 
• Royal Pizza II, Inc., 804 S. Lincoln Blvd, ☏ +1 270 358-0088. 
• Ruthie's Lincoln Freeze, 700 S. Lincoln Blvd, ☏ +1 270 358-4987. 
• Wrolen Pin Cafe, 2533 Lincoln Farm Road, Hodgenville, KY 42748 (Take Rt 31E one mile south from town square. 1/4 mile from Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Birth Place entrance on 31E/61), ☏ +1 270-358-DINE (3463). 7:00 - 2:00. Wrolen Pin Cafe offers country style home cooking, freshly made, hot lunch specials and breakfast. Ruth Astor, owner, serves various lunch favorites from smoked bar-b-que, roast beef, fried pork chops, and other favorite recipes for the main entree, along with a choice of 2 sides, for a reasonable price of $6.50 + Tax with drink included. Friendly, comfortable, quaint dining area allows for guests to enjoy a good dinner at an affordable price. $6.50 + Tax for Lunch special. $6.50 + Tax. 

Drink

LaRue County is dry but Hodgenville voted to go wet in 2018.

• Wrolen Pin Cafe, 2533 Lincoln Farm Rd (Rt 31E & 61, 1/4 mile before Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site), ☏ +1 270-358-3463. 7AM-2PM. Country homestyle cooking lunch specials served Tuesday - Saturday. Ruth Astor cooks fresh hot plate lunches at affordable price. Entree + 2 sides + drink for $6.50 + Tax. Breakfast served 7AM and Lunch served at 11:00 - 2:00, Tuesday - Friday, Breakfast 8AM on Saturdays. Daily special posted on restaurant web site daily at www.wrolenpincafe.com. Cafe named after Ruth's grandmother's last name who was a professional cook in the St. Louis area from the 1960-1990s. $6.50 + Tax. 
• Wrolen Pin Cafe, 2533 Lincoln Farm Road, Hodgenville, KY 42748 (Located on Rt 31E and Rt 61, 1 mile south of town square, 1/4 mile before Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site), ☏ +1 270-358-DINE (3463). 7AM-2PM. Wrolen Pin Cafe offers country style home cooking, freshly made, hot lunch specials and breakfast. Ruth Astor, owner, serves various lunch favorites from smoked barbecue, roast beef, fried pork chops, and other favorite recipes for the main entree, along with a choice of 2 sides, for a reasonable price of $6.50 + tax with drink included. Friendly, comfortable, quaint dining area allows for guests to enjoy a good dinner at an affordable price. $6.50 + tax for lunch special. 

Sleep

• Cabin Fever #2, 3030 Old Elizabethtown Rd, ☏ +1 270 358-4415. $60 + 6% tax, per couple, per night (includes breakfast). Located on KY 210 North, just 3 miles from Hodgenville. No smoking. Not wheelchair accessible. Swimming Pool available. 
• Nancy Lincoln Inn, 96 Nancy Lincoln Ln, ☏ +1 270 358-3845. 

More lodging is available in nearby Elizabethtown and Bardstown.

Connect

• LaRue County Chamber of Commerce

By phone

Most telephone numbers in Hodgenville and LaRue County consist of +1 270 plus a seven-digit number, but a second area code (+1 364) was overlain onto the entire 270 area in February 2014. A local or in-state telephone call now requires all 10 digits of the local number be dialed (omitting just the leading +1 from a local landline call).

Signage on many established businesses may still display the original seven-digit numbers; dial 270 before these if no area code is indicated.

Go next

• Campbellsville
• Cave City
• Bardstown
• Elizabethtown

Routes through Hodgenville

Louisville ← Bardstown ←

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→ Glasgow → Nashville