Kentucky History Drive

History is all around us.

Pioneers, Native nations, long hunters, soldiers and distillers. Explore the stories that made Kentucky, on a living map you can travel through time.

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National parks, historic sites, and other national designations in Kentucky.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

LaRue County

The Sinking Spring farm where Lincoln was born in 1809, plus the Knob Creek boyhood unit.

Preserves the symbolic birth cabin site and Sinking Spring farm where Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809. The Memorial Building and Knob Creek unit interpret his early Kentucky years. National Historical Park and a cornerstone of Kentucky’s national story.

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Abraham Lincoln Birthplace memorial

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace memorial

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36 places

  • Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park LaRue County
  • Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate Fayette County
  • Belle of Louisville Jefferson County
  • Big Bone Lick Site Boone County
  • Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area McCreary County
  • Burks' Distillery (Maker's Mark) Marion County
  • Camp Nelson National Monument Jessamine County
  • Churchill Downs Jefferson County
  • Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Bell County
  • Daniel C. Beard Boyhood Home Kenton County
  • Dr. Ephraim McDowell House Boyle County
  • Fort Boonesborough Site Madison County
  • Fort Heiman (Fort Donelson National Battlefield) Calloway County
  • George T. Stagg Distillery (Buffalo Trace) Franklin County
  • Historic Locust Grove Jefferson County
  • Jacobs Hall, Kentucky School for the Deaf Boyle County
  • John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge Kenton County
  • Keeneland Race Course Fayette County
  • Labrot & Graham's Old Oscar Pepper Distillery (Woodford Reserve) Woodford County
  • Liberty Hall Franklin County
  • Lincoln Hall, Berea College Madison County
  • Louisville Water Company Pumping Station (Water Tower) Jefferson County
  • Mammoth Cave National Park Edmonson County
  • Mayor Andrew Broaddus (Lifesaving Station) Jefferson County
  • Middle Creek Battlefield Floyd County
  • Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Pulaski County
  • Old Bank of Louisville Jefferson County
  • Old Morrison, Transylvania University Fayette County
  • Old State House (Old State Capitol) Franklin County
  • Perryville Battlefield Boyle County
  • Pine Mountain Settlement School Harlan County
  • Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill Mercer County
  • United States Marine Hospital Jefferson County
  • Wendover (Frontier Nursing Service Headquarters) Leslie County
  • Whitney M. Young Birthplace and Boyhood Home Shelby County
  • Zachary Taylor House Jefferson County