Lebanon Junction, Kentucky

Lebanon Junction is a home rule-class city in Bullitt County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 1,813 as of the 2010 census.GeographyLebanon Junction is located in southern Bullitt County at . It is on the southeastern edge of Fort Knox. Interstate 65 passes through the city, with access to the downtown area from Exit 105. Via I-65 it is north to Shepherdsville, the county seat, and north to downtown Louisville. Elizabethtown is to the southwest via I-65.The Rolling Fork river forms the southwest boundary of the city and also serves as the county line, with Hardin County on the opposite side. Nelson County is to the south, across Wilson Creek.According to the United States Census Bureau, Lebanon Junction has a total area of 14.9km2, of which 14.6sqkm is land and 0.3sqkm, or 1.71%, is water.HistoryLebanon Junction sprang into existence from a railroad switching point that split Louisville and Nashville Railroad (now CSX Transportation) traffic off the mainline to the Lebanon branch that ended in Lebanon, Kentucky. This branch was completed no later than March 8, 1858, and the town grew out of a need for railroad workers to man the terminal and switching station.