[2] Lincoln County is part of the Danville, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Afterward, Stanford became Lincoln County's permanent seat.

[5] Lincoln County is located in south-central Kentucky astride the southern part of the ring of Knobs, which separate the Bluegrass region from the Eastern Pennyroyal Plateau, the Lincoln County part of which includes the source and headwaters of the Green River.

23.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Lincoln County has been reliably Republican for several decades now, last voting for a Democratic candidate for president in 1976.