The Knob Creek Place

Abraham Lincoln’s childhood home

Lincoln’s boyhood home. Photo by author.

Abraham Lincoln lived on this farm as a boy from 1811 to 1816. He once said that his earliest memories were of the Knob Creek place. A younger brother was born here.

Boyhood home unit sign. Photo by author.

This is another one of the national parks on the list of many. The boyhood home unit is actually part of the birthplace national park even though it is ten miles away from the Sinking Spring Farm where he was born in 1809. It doesn’t have its own sticker, but it does have a stamp for the National Park Pass Book.

Knob Creek sign. Photo by author.

One of the signs says that there was a title dispute over the Sinking Spring property and Abraham’s parents had to move when he was only two years old.

Lincoln Tavern and home. Photo by author.

The building on the left is a tavern built in 1928 to serve tourists visiting the park and wanting to see the cabin.