Hardin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1793. As of 2008, the population was 98,546. Its county seat is at Elizabethtown. Hardin County is part of the Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The county is named for John Hardin, a Continental Army officer during the American Revolution. President Abraham Lincoln was born in what was then Hardin County near Hodgenville, now part of modern-da...
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Hardin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1793. As of 2008, the population was 98,546. Its county seat is at Elizabethtown. Hardin County is part of the Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The county is named for John Hardin, a Continental Army officer during the American Revolution. President Abraham Lincoln was born in what was then Hardin County near Hodgenville, now part of modern-day LaRue County.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 630 square miles (1,632 km), of which 628 square miles (1,627 km) is land and 2 square miles (5.2 km) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 94,174 people, 34,497 households, and 25,355 families residing in the county. The population density was 150 per square mile (58 /km). There were 37,673 housing units at an average density of 60 per square mile (23 /km). The racial makeup of the county was 81.99% White, 11.87% Black or African American, 0.42%...
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