Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

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Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)

Location:	Lincoln City, Indiana, USA
Nearest city:	Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates:	38°7′13″N, 86°59′49″W
Area:	199.65 acres (180.81 federal) 0.81 km²
Established:	February 19, 1962
Total Visitation:	147,443 (in 2005)
Governing body:	National Park Service

Memorial Building

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is a United States Presidential Memorial that preserves the Lincoln City, Indiana, farm site where Abraham Lincoln lived from 1816 to 1830. During that time, he grew from a 7-year-old boy to a 21-year-old man. His mother is buried here in the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Cemetery.

Lincoln Farm (replica)

Nearby is Lincoln State Park. Some of the state park land, including the gravesite, was transferred to the National Memorial. The memorial includes the site of the family cabin, a replica farm featuring period-style buildings, and the Memorial Building, completed in 1943.

The rock that Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address from has been moved from Pennsylvania to the park.

The National Memorial was authorized by Congress on February 19, 1962. As with all historic sites administered by the National Park Service, the memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.