Kentucky · Census place 2137396

Hodgenville, Kentucky

Hodgenville is a city in Larue County, Kentucky with an estimated 3,379 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 100th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,379
#100 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
+0.9%
+31 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
1,456 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Hodgenville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

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Hodgenville population, 2020 to 2024

Hodgenville added 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -49.

3,34820203,37620213,39920223,42820233,3792024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,347. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hodgenville covers 2.32 square miles of land, for 1,456 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Hodgenville is close to the typical town.

What county Hodgenville is in

All of Hodgenville's residents live in Larue County, which had 15,128 residents in 2024. Hodgenville holds 22.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hodgenville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hodgenville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42748. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Hodgenville is

The Census internal point of Hodgenville is at 37.563400, -85.731200. Frankfort, the capital, is 63.5 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elizabethtown, KY (34,565 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 41.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.563400, -85.731200
DMS
37°33'48.24"N 85°43'52.32"W
UTM
16N 612056.8E 4158131.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
869PH779+9G

Daylight in Hodgenville

At 37.56° N, Hodgenville gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hodgenville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Elizabethtown, 12.6 miles away, with 34,565 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hodgenville, KY?

3,379 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 31 (0.9%) from 3,348 in July 2020.

What county is Hodgenville in?

Larue County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hodgenville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42748.

How far is Hodgenville from Frankfort?

63.5 miles (102.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Hodgenville.

What is the nearest larger city to Hodgenville?

Elizabethtown, KY, with 34,565 residents, 12.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.