Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

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Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial

Location	Lincoln City, Indiana, USA
Nearest city	Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates	38°7′13″N 86°59′49″W / 38.12028, -86.99694
Area	199.65 acres (180.81 federal) 0.81 km²
Established	February 19, 1962
Visitors	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 Pioneer Cemetery.

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 U.S. Congress authorized the national memorial 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.

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The National Parks: Index 2001–2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.

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