{"id":4059,"date":"2023-06-14T22:13:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T22:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4059"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:49:25","slug":"larue-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/larue-county\/","title":{"rendered":"LaRue County, Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"

LaRue County is a county in Kentucky, United States, about 12 miles southeast of
\nElizabethtown, the seat of neighboring Hardin County. It had a population of 14,867 at the 2020
\ncensus, an estimated 15,184 by 2025, and covers 264 square miles (684 km2) centred near
\n37\u00b035\u2032N 85\u00b041\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Hodgenville is the county seat and the county’s only fully-contained incorporated city;
\nits postal code is 42748. The county holds 2 incorporated cities, 2 census-designated places and
\n11 smaller unincorporated communities, and it runs on Eastern Time. Kentucky counties have no
\ncivil townships, so LaRue’s local government sits entirely at the county and city level.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in LaRue County<\/h2>\n

LaRue County has 15 named places on record: 2 incorporated cities, 2 census-designated places
\n(CDPs), and 11 unincorporated communities with no local government of their own. CDP stands for
\ncensus designated place; Unincorp. covers crossroads and rural communities with no formal
\nboundary.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Hodgenville<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n3,235<\/td>\n42748<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Upton<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n704<\/td>\n42784<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buffalo<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n571<\/td>\n42716<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magnolia<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n535<\/td>\n42757<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Athertonville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ginseng<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gleanings<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jericho<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leafdale<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malt<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mathers Mill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mount Sherman<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n42764<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tanner<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tonieville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n42748<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
White City<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Upton sits astride the Hardin County line, and most of its houses and its post office fall on
\nthe Hardin side — only its LaRue County edge counts toward this page. Malt lost its post
\noffice decades ago and survives today only as a place name on county maps, not a working
\nsettlement. The old scraped list that ran on this page for years also named Attilla, Boundary
\nOak, Lyons, Maxine, Roanoke, South Buffalo and Talley; none of those turned up in any current
\ngazetteer or historical record for LaRue County, so they have been dropped rather than repeated
\non faith. Boundary Oak, for the record, was a 400-year-old white oak on Sinking Spring Farm, not
\na settlement — it died in 1976 and its remains were removed a decade later.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n