Editing LaRue County, Kentucky (section)

==Geography==
The low rolling hills of LaRue County have been largely cleared and devoted to agriculture or urban development, with only the drainages of the eastern portions still wooded.<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Larue+County,+KY/@37.5782707,-85.7059345,35080m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x88688b86b36c5197:0x9d663ab18d13dd71!8m2!3d37.5189552!4d-85.7256372 ''LaRue County KY'' (Google Maps, accessed October 10, 2020)]</ref> The highest point ({{convert|1100|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} ASL) is a small hill near its border with Taylor County.<ref>[https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=23252 ''LaRue County High Point, Kentucky'' (PeakBagger.com, accessed October 10, 2020)]</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|264|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|262|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.1|sqmi}} (0.8%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210847/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |access-date=August 17, 2014 |publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Nelson County, Kentucky|Nelson County]] − northeast
* [[Marion County, Kentucky|Marion County]] − east
* [[Taylor County, Kentucky|Taylor County]] − southeast
* [[Green County, Kentucky|Green County]] − south/Central Time Border
* [[Hart County, Kentucky|Hart County]] − southwest/Central Time Border
* [[Hardin County, Kentucky|Hardin County]] − northwest
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===National protected area===
* [[Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site]]