Breckinridge Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in Union County, Kentucky, United States.

Breckinridge Center was formerly home to Camp Breckinridge, a prisoner of war camp operated by the United States Armed Forces during World War II.

It was later converted into the headquarters of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division during the Korean War.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.6 square miles (15 km2), all land.

22.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.