Editing Elizabethtown, Kentucky (section)

==Culture==
The town is regionally referred to as "E-town" (sometimes with an apostrophe in place of the dash). It is one of two larger towns (the other being [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]]) along I-65 between [[Louisville]] and [[Nashville]]. The movie ''[[Elizabethtown (film)|Elizabethtown]]'' (2005) was named after the town; most of the footage was filmed in [[Versailles, Kentucky|Versailles]] and [[Louisville]] because Elizabethtown has lost much of its historic architecture in recent years due to commercial development.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

===Alcohol sales===
Elizabethtown is officially classified by the Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) as being in a "moist county". Under ABC terminology, "moist" indicates that at least one city within a county has approved packaged alcohol sales. In popular usage, the term "moist" more often refers to the city's former status as allowing by-the-drink sales in restaurants, but not package sales.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

Despite the county being a [[dry county]], alcoholic drink sales have long been allowed in restaurants seating at least 100 diners and deriving at least 70% of their total sales from food. Beer, wine and spirits can be purchased at licensed liquor stores, drug stores and grocery outlets, beer can be purchased at most convenience stores . The locals classify this as a "damp" or [[moist county|"moist" county]]. In 2011, the residents of Elizabethtown, [[Radcliff, Kentucky|Radcliff]], and [[Vine Grove]] voted to allow properly licensed businesses to sell package liquor, wine, and beer.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thenewsenterprise.com/content/elizabethtown-residents-choose-expand-sales |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007022751/http://www.thenewsenterprise.com/content/elizabethtown-residents-choose-expand-sales |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |title=Elizabethtown residents choose to expand sales |first=Marty |last=Finley |work=The News-Enterprise |location=Elizabethtown, Kentucky |date=October 4, 2011 |access-date=March 1, 2012 }}</ref>