These historic names are only a few of many. Since pioneer times, Elizabethtown has offered travelers a warm and hearty welcome. Knox, in Hardin County's northern most point, is West Point . Bordering along the Ohio River, this historical community served as General William Tecumseh Sherman's 1861 headquarters. Fort Duffield , a near-secret fort built in 1861 under Sherman's orders, has been restored by the city.
West Point has many shops and restaurants typical of a once bustling river town.
A few miles south of Elizabethtown lies Glendale Historic District . This quaintly restored 1920's railroad community will transport you back in time as you visit the general store and shops scattered throughout. Hodgenville , just twelve miles southeast of Elizabethtown, features the Abraham Lincoln National Historic Site . In downtown Hodgenville, the Lincoln Museum offers additional historic artifacts and displays. Further east is the Lincoln Boyhood Home , his last home in Kentucky.