Ginseng
Ginseng is an unincorporated community located in LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. The town was named for the crop ginseng, which was harvested by locals to be sold at market in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: township in LaRue County, Kentucky
- Also known as: “Ginseng, Kentucky” and “Ginseng, KY”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Howardstown and Mount Sherman.
Howardstown
Hamlet
Howardstown, Kentucky is an unincorporated community located on the Rolling Fork River in the southern portion of Nelson County, Kentucky, United States. Howardstown is situated 4½ miles north of Ginseng.
Mount Sherman
Hamlet
Mount Sherman is an unincorporated community located in LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. The community is concentrated around the intersection of Kentucky Route 61 and Kentucky Route 1906, southeast of Hodgenville. The zip code is: 42764. Mount Sherman is situated 6 miles southwest of Ginseng.
Ginseng
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Larue, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.50478° or 37° 30′ 17″ northLongitude
-85.58108° or 85° 34′ 52″ westElevation
554 feet (169 metres)Open location code
869PGC39+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 153559814OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Ginseng” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “金森”
- French: “Ginseng”
- Irish: “Ginseng”
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