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Place Name
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Elizabethtown
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Hardin County
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Population
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18,167 (1990)
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Location
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Hardin County, Kentucky (KY), United States, North America
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Latitude
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37°42'N
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Longitude
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85°52'W
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Elizabethtown
, city (1990 pop. 18,167),  Hardin co.,
central Ky., 38 mi/61 km S of Louisville;
37°42'N 85°52'W. Elev. 731 ft/223 m.
Originally developed as a trade center for agr., whiskey, and tobacco,
the city now manufactures a variety of prods. (automotive parts, glass
packaging equip., organic pigment, flooring insulation materials,
magnets, fuses, adhesives, men's slacks, motor controls, rubber belts,
metal tanks, wooden kitchen cabinets, freight car bearings, steel guard
rails, crushed limestone, telephone cables). Addington Field airport to
W. Points of interest include an old church (1789); the Lincoln
Heritage House, built by Thomas Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's father
c.1800; a restored stagecoach inn that was built c.1825, now a
historical library; Black History Gall.; Coca-Cola Memorabilia Mus.;
Pine Valley Golf Mus.; Model “A” Ford Mus. Elizabethtown Community
Col. (Univ. of Ky.). Fort Knox Military Reservation and Gold Bullion
Depository to N. Vernon-Douglas State Nature Preserve to E; Freeman L.
reservoir to N. Inc. 1797.
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