Elizabethtown, Kentucky
| Elizabethtown, Kentucky | |
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| City | |
Hardin County Courthouse in downtown Elizabethtown
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| Nickname(s): E-town or E'town | |
 Location of Elizabethtown, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates: 37°42′N 85°52′W / 37.700°N 85.867°WCoordinates: 37°42′N 85°52′W / 37.700°N 85.867°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Hardin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.8 sq mi (66.9 km2) |
| • Land | 25.4 sq mi (65.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 725 ft (221 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 28,531 |
| • Density | 936.6/sq mi (361.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 42701–42702 |
| Area code(s) | 270 & 364 |
| FIPS code | 21-24274 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0491640 |
| Website | www |
Elizabethtown is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was estimated at 29,335 by the United States Census in 2012, making it the 10th-largest city in the state. It is included in (and the principal city of) the Elizabethtown–Fort Knox, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Louisville/Jefferson County–Elizabethtown–Madison, Kentucky-Indiana Combined Statistical Area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.8 square miles (67 km2), of which 25.4 square miles (66 km2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1 km2) (1.77%) 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 28,531. Population estimates are current as of the 2010 Census. Metropolitan statistical area names are current as of December 1, 2005. The Elizabethtown metropolitan area includes Radcliff, a city about three-fourths the size of Elizabethtown; the housing areas of the Fort Knox Military Installation; the unincorporated town of Rineyville, where Abraham Lincoln's school teacher, Zachariah Riney lived; and other communities such as Vine Grove, Glendale, Sonora, West Point, and Upton.
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