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Lebanon: Cedars, Meeting House, County Seat
Lebanon grew around Hardin's Creek Meeting House, a Presbyterian congregation Virginia settlers planted in 1789.
The town was formally established in 1814, incorporated in 1815, and named for the biblical Lebanon because of the cedar timber on nearby hills. It sat first in Nelson County, then Washington after 1792; when Marion County was cut from Washington in 1834, Lebanon became the seat—named for South Carolina's Revolutionary "Swamp Fox," Francis Marion. The early church nucleus still marks the center of Marion County's map.
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Snowden, Shannon. "Lebanon: Cedars, Meeting House, County Seat." Kentucky History Drive. Published September 26, 2026. Last revised September 26, 2026. https://kyhistorydrive.com/stories/lebanon-cedars-meeting-house-county-seat/.
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Snowden, Shannon. "Lebanon: Cedars, Meeting House, County Seat." Kentucky History Drive, published 26 Sept. 2026, last revised 26 Sept. 2026, https://kyhistorydrive.com/stories/lebanon-cedars-meeting-house-county-seat/.
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