For over a century people from around the world have come to rural Central Kentucky to honor the humble beginnings of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. His early life on Kentucky's frontier shaped his character and prepared him to lead the nation through Civil War. Visit our country's first memorial to Lincoln, built with donations from ...

Abraham Lincoln (/ ˈ l ɪ ŋ k ən / LING-kən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the United States through the American Civil War, defending the nation as a constitutional union, defeating the insurgent Confederacy, playing a major ...

Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Lincoln and his cabinet.

Designated NHP. October 15, 1966. ( 1966-October-15) Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park is a designated U.S. historic park preserving two separate farm sites in LaRue County, Kentucky, where Abraham Lincoln was born and lived early in his childhood. He was born at the Sinking Spring site south of Hodgenville and remained there ...

FULL NAME: Abraham Lincoln BORN: February 12, 1809 DIED: April 15, 1865 BIRTHPLACE: Hodgenville, Kentucky SPOUSE: Mary Todd Lincoln (m. 1842) CHILDREN: Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln ...

Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, to Nancy and Thomas Lincoln in a one-room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. His family moved to southern Indiana in 1816. Lincoln’s ...

The American Civil War was one of the most pivotal events in the history of the United States. The preservation of the nation fell to the newly elected sixteenth President from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln. Born in a one room log cabin near Hodgen's Mill, Kentucky on February 12, 1809, it was his early formative years in Kentucky between 1809 - 1816 that helped mold the boy into the man that came ...

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site is 3 miles (5 km) south on the Old Sinking Spring Farm; established in 1916, the site preserves about one-third of the original farm where Abraham Lincoln was born. The Knob Creek Farm, where Lincoln’s family moved when he was two, is 10 miles (16 km) northeast. Inc. 1839.