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In 1780, a group of pioneers ventured into what is now LaRue County, and established Phillip's Fort along the Nolin River. The fort served to protect a mill on the river built by Robert Hodgen in 1788. Among Hodgen's early customers were Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, parents of Abraham Lincoln. In 1818, Hodgen's widow, Sarah, petitioned the courts to establish a town called Hodgenville, which officially incorporated as a city in 1839, and was named the county seat of LaRue County when it was set off from nearby Hardin County in 1843. Towards the end of the 19th century, national attention focused on Hodgenville as the place of Lincoln's
( www.laruecounty.org )
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