Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial • Indiana

Cabin and smokehouse in the fall

Park ranger is period dress standing near fireplace, cooking in the cabin.

Memorial Building

White marble headstone of Nancy Hanks Lincoln in cemetery surrounded by iron fence and trees.

Bronze casting on the ground covering bottom logs of a cabin and fireplace.

Abraham Lincoln grew from youth to manhood on this southern Indiana soil. Many character and moral traits of one of the world's most respected leaders was formed and nurtured here. Explore Lincoln's boyhood and learn about the boy who would one day become the leader of our nation.

Replica cabin at re-created 1820s homestead which is on four of the original 160 acres owned by Thomas LIncoln.
NPS Photo/Paula Alexander

Park rangers depict pioneer life in the 1820s.
NPS Photo/Paula Alexander

Memorial Building contains memorial halls to remember Abraham Lincoln and his family.
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The headstone, erected in 1879, marks the burial spot of Abraham Lincoln's mother, who died of milk sickness in 1818.
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The site of what is believed Memorial at the site of the third Lincoln cabin.
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Kid showing Junior Rangers badges on his hat

Suggestions for young visitors and their families

Family hiking a park trail.

Here are some tips that will help you plan a fun and memorable visit to the site where Abraham Lincoln grew up.

Woman standing in a tree lined clearing next to a split-rail fence, looking at a wayside exhibit.

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Man in pioneer clothing writing on chalkboard teaching 8 young kids

Browse our curriculum materials for your own at home classroom.

Gravesite of text Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of President Lincoln died October 5 AD 1818 Aged 35 yr

Learn about the people and places of the fourteen years Abraham Lincoln lived in frontier Indiana.

Log cabin and smokehouse surrounded by trees with brown leaves and blue sky

Virtually visit the park through the photo gallery.

Memorial marking the site of one of the Lincoln Cabins

A bronze casting of sill logs and fireplace hearthstones symbolizes a cabin that the Lincolns began building in 1829.

Memorial to Abraham Lincoln and his family

The Memorial Building is Indiana's effort to memorialize Abraham Lincoln. Completed in 1943, it was built in the spirit of Indiana in 1816.

Last updated: April 4, 2024

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3027 East South Street
PO Box 1816
Lincoln City, IN 47552

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