Elizabethtown is a city in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 25,942 in 2008. It is the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky. It is the principal city of and is included in the Elizabethtown, Kentucky Elizabethtown metropolitan area, which is included in the Louisville, Kentucky-Jefferson County, Kentucky-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, Indiana, KY-IN Louisville-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area.
Geography
Elizabethtown is located at (37.702674, -minus;85.866173).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 63.1 km2 (24.4 mi2)....
Elizabethtown is a city in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 25,942 in 2008. It is the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky. It is the principal city of and is included in the Elizabethtown, Kentucky Elizabethtown metropolitan area, which is included in the Louisville, Kentucky-Jefferson County, Kentucky-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, Indiana, KY-IN Louisville-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area.
Geography
Elizabethtown is located at (37.702674, -minus;85.866173).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 63.1 km2 (24.4 mi2). 62.3 km2 (24.1 mi2) of it is land and 0.8 km2 (0.3 mi2) of it (1.27%) is water.
On the list (by population) of all metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the United States Census Bureau, Elizabethtown has a population of 25,942. Population estimates are current as of July 1, 2008. Metropolitan statistical area names are current as of December 1, 2005. Elizabethtown metropolitan area includes the unincorporated town of Rineyville, where Abraham Lincoln's school teacher lived. As well as Glendale, Hodgenville, and Eastview.
History
Samuel Haycraft, Jr., in his History of Elizabethtown, wrote in 1869:'For who can tell what Elizabethtown will be with her delightful location, her enterprising and energetic population, her railroad facilities, her fine water, and her surroundings of intelligent and gentlemanly farmers, the best fruit country in the world, and her future manufactories that must spring up, and when it becomes a large city it will be well to look back upon her starting point. '