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The Lincoln family lived on 30 acres of the 228 acre Knob Creek Farm in Hodgenville, Kentucky from the time Abraham was two and a half until 1816 when the family moved to Spencer County, Indiana.
Lincoln had fond memories of his life on the Knob Creek farm as the place where he learned to talk, run errands such as gathering wood for fires and carrying water.
He remembered a stone house he had passed on his way to Hodgen's Mill; the stream where he fished, and the hills where he picked berries. The original house in which the Lincoln family lived was torn down in 1870 and the cabin that is now part of the park was reconstructed in 1931 on the original site.
Some of the furnishings in the cabin are original antiques donated by families of early settlers. The Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek is one of the best places to visit in Tennessee for history buffs.
Route 31E, Knob Creek Farm, 7120 Bardstown Rd, Hodgenville, KY 40051, Phone: 270-358-3137
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