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Lincoln City is an
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in Carter Township, Spencer County in the southwestern part of the
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of
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. It lies five minutes south of
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, northeast of
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, and approximately twenty miles north of the
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.


History

Lincoln City was laid out in 1872 when the railroad was extended to that point. The community was named for the
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. Nearby is the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial, as well as the site of the Lincoln
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, built in 1816. President
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War ...
spent much of his childhood (from the ages of 7 to 21) on this farm, and as a young man he practiced law at the nearby Spencer County courthouse. Also located in Lincoln City is the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, a national park managed by the
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that includes a Living Historical Farm that attempts to recreate the early nineteenth-century period during which the Lincoln family lived in the area. The living-history farm is a working pioneer-style homestead with a cabin, outbuildings, split rail fences, animals, gardens, and field crops. NPS interpreters in period clothing perform a variety of activities typical of the 1820s, and the farm's grounds are open year-round. The farm is staffed from mid-April through September full-time, and intermittently in October. The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is located on Highway 162 across from Lincoln State Park. The Lincoln City post office has been in operation since 1892.


Education

Heritage Hills High School is located in Lincoln City. It is one of two high schools in Spencer County.


Notable people

*
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quarterback; graduate of Heritage Hills High School * Sarah Lincoln Grigsby - sister of
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War ...
* John Hanks - cousin of
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War ...
*
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War ...
- 16th president of the United States of America * Nancy Lincoln - mother of
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War ...
* Sarah Bush Lincoln - step-mother of
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War ...
* Thomas Lincoln - father of
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War ...
* Richard Fred Suhrheinrich - Judge on the
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State Park

Lincoln State Park


National Memorial

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial


References


External links


Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Spencer County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana 1872 establishments in Indiana