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Hardin County, Kentucky

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
90historic places
—earliest paper
1793formed
110,702pop. 2020
95cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 90 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Elizabethtown, Glendale, West Point.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

74 of 90 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

90 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abel, Dr., HouseGlendaleBuilding1988
Applegate-Fisher HouseWest PointBuilding1988
Arnold, Philip, HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Ashe HouseGlendaleBuilding1988
Bethlehem Academy Historic DistrictSt. JohnDistrict1988
Bland, John D., HouseSonoraBuilding1988
Bland, William, HouseGlendaleBuilding1988
Bland-Overall HouseSonoraBuilding1988
Blue Ball ChurchHowe ValleyBuilding1988
Bond, J. Roy, HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Brackett, Daniel, HouseUptonBuilding1988
Brown Pusey House Community CenterElizabethtownBuilding1974
Bush, William, HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Carroll, Dr. Clyde, HouseWhite MillsBuilding1988
Chenault HouseStar MillsBuilding1988
Chestnut GroveGlendaleBuilding1988
Christ Episcopal ChurchElizabethtownBuilding1988
Ditto, Abraham, HouseWest PointBuilding1988
Ditto-Prewitt HouseWest PointBuilding1988
Elizabethtown ArmoryElizabethtownBuilding2002
Elizabethtown City CemeteryElizabethtownSite1997
Elizabethtown Courthouse Square and Commercial DistrictElizabethtownDistrict1980
Embry Chapel ChurchElizabethtownBuilding1988
First Baptist ChurchElizabethtownBuilding1974
First Presbyterian ChurchElizabethtownBuilding1988
Fort DuffieldWest PointSite1994
Fort SandsLebanon JunctionDistrict1994
Glendale Historic DistrictGlendaleDistrict1988
Hagan HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Hamilton, Hance, HouseBostonBuilding1988
Hardin Springs SchoolHardin SpringsBuilding1988
Harrison, Fannie, FarmElizabethtownBuilding2008
Hatfield HotelWhite MillsBuilding1988
Haycraft InnRadcliffeBuilding1988
Hazel HillElizabethtownDistrict1988
Heller HotelCeciliaBuilding1988
Helm PlaceElizabethtownBuilding1976
Helm, Benjamin, HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Helm, John B., HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Hills, Jonathan, HouseElizabethtownBuilding2009
Kentucky and Indiana BankWest PointBuilding1988
Kerrick, W. T., HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Larue-Layman HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Lincoln Heritage HouseElizabethtownBuilding1973
Louisville-Nashville Turnpike SegmentFt. KnoxStructure1996
Maple HillGlendaleBuilding1988
MaplehurstGlendaleBuilding1988
Mason, Haynes, HouseUptonBuilding1988
May, David L., HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
McDougal, Stiles, HouseGlendaleBuilding1988
McKinney-Helm HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Melton HouseGlendaleBuilding1988
Monin, Adam, HouseGlendaleBuilding1988
Montgomery Avenue Historic DistrictElizabethtownDistrict1988
Montgomery, William, HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Morrison LodgeElizabethtownBuilding1988
Nall HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Nolin Banking CompanyNolinBuilding1988
Penniston HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Phillips, Josiah, HouseSonoraDistrict1988
Pusey, Dr. Robert B., HouseElizabethtownBuilding1989
Raine, John, HouseSonoraBuilding1988
Rawlings, Stephen, HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Richards-Hamm HouseGlendaleBuilding1988
Richards-Murray HouseGlendaleDistrict1988
Richardson HotelWhite MillsBuilding1988
Riney, Zachariah, HouseRineyvilleBuilding1988
Robertson, Samuel, HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Skees, Richard, HouseWhite MillsBuilding1988
Skees, William, HouseWhite MillsBuilding1988
Smith, George W., HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Sprigg, William, HouseGlendaleBuilding1989
Stader HotelVine GroveDistrict1988
Stark HouseGlendaleBuilding1988
State TheatreElizabethtownBuilding1998
Stuart, John, HouseGlendaleBuilding1988
Thomas, Samuel B., HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Tichenor, William, HouseUptonBuilding1988
US Bullion Depository, Fort Knox, KentuckyFort KnoxBuilding1988
US Post Office-ElizabethtownElizabethtownBuilding1988
Van Meter, Jacob, HouseGlendaleBuilding1988
Vertrees, Eliza, HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Vine Grove Historic DistrictVine GroveDistrict1988
West Point Historic DistrictWest PointDistrict1996
West Point HotelWest PointBuilding1988
White MillWhite MillsBuilding1988
Wilson, William, HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Wintersmith, Horatio, HouseElizabethtownBuilding1988
Woodard, George, HouseElizabethtownBuilding2003
Young, James, House and InnWest PointBuilding1978

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Hardin was formed in 1793 (1793-02-20) from Nelson.

HARDIN created from NELSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Hardin County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

111k57k3,65318001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,65310,49816,35715,18922,56422,93724,28729,10850,31267,78988,91794,174110,702

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic SitePark unit27.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

95 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 95 listed
NameLatLon
Arms Cemetery37.77052-86.0698
Atcher Cemetery37.83277-85.86093
Big Springs Cemetery37.46929-85.90593
Bland Cemetery37.53521-85.96677
Bleakley Cemetery37.915-85.97573
Bledsoe Cemetery37.73733-85.70948
Blue Ball Baptist Cemetery37.72637-86.03718
Boone Cemetery37.9659-85.98968
Bowling Cemetery37.85391-85.85304
Brackett Cemetery37.45172-85.95746
Brashear Cemetery37.47926-85.92709
Brown Cemetery37.74394-85.69523
Brown Cemetery37.74852-85.84004
Burcham Cemetery37.9127-85.87772
Calvin Cemetery Number 137.89976-85.92518
Carbytown Cemetery37.4633-86.05287
Carr Cemetery37.9063-85.84502
Cedar Creek Cemetery37.8437-85.83648
Cedar Grove Cemetery37.89689-85.8797
Cowley Cemetery37.86089-85.92218
Crandall Cemetery37.91673-85.85864
Davis Cemetery37.92895-85.94746
Davis Cemetery37.88575-85.93495
Dellview Cemetery37.57946-86.11425
Duncan Cemetery37.62028-86.01152
Elizabethtown Memorial Gardens37.66663-85.91996
Field Cemetery37.96838-85.94095
Forks of Otter Creek Cemetery37.80718-86.00069
Fort Hill Cemetery37.97921-85.92814
Fort Knox Post Cemetery37.89283-85.96756
French Cemetery37.84215-85.86034
French Cemetery37.8455-85.86849
Froman Cemetery37.91544-85.83012
Gentry Cemetery37.88478-85.89135
Geoghegan Cemetery37.9982-85.95919
Gunning Cemetery37.80381-85.90025
Hardin Memorial Park Cemetery37.70987-85.85496
Harris Cemetery37.68978-85.74634
Hart Cemetery37.91527-85.97503
Hays Cemetery37.89339-85.8344
Helm Cemetery37.70853-85.87277
Holbert Cemetery37.66956-86.16367
Horn Cemetery37.68046-86.19149
Howell Methodist Church Cemetery37.77851-86.00941
Jeffries Family Cemetery37.59168-85.98893
Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central37.86768-85.95993
Larkin Cemetery37.78958-85.79933
Lewis Cemetery37.73847-86.03816
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery37.84852-85.906
Long Cemetery37.97451-85.9251
Maffet Cemetery37.77627-85.87257
Martin Cemetery37.75393-86.08961
Mays Grove Cemetery37.74329-86.09216
Mc Millen Cemetery37.78502-85.85562
McCormick Cemetery37.99529-85.9889
McCoy Cemetery37.77172-86.08341
McIntire Cemetery37.96163-85.97921
Miller Cemetery37.74991-86.09992
Montgomery Cemetery37.92119-85.97679
Moore Cemetery Number 137.58826-86.18126
Muth Cemetery37.93229-85.98443
Needham Smith Chapel Cemetery37.62618-86.14835
North Hardin Memorial Gardens37.8197-85.94637
Old Saint Ignatius Cemetery37.55125-85.99871
Old Stone Church Cemetery37.60028-85.97417
Old Union Cemetery37.70623-86.14789
Owens Cemetery37.81034-85.88829
Parr - Hoover Cemetery37.58292-86.01387
Patterson Chapel Cemetery37.86737-85.86329
Phillips Cemetery37.46422-86.0258
Phillips Cemetery37.87809-85.87892
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Cemetery37.61186-86.21142
Pleasant View Cemetery East37.9475-85.94871
Ray Cemetery37.92949-85.96917
Red Mills Cemetery37.56804-85.87091
Ridge Spring United Methodist Church Cemetery37.73822-86.02454
Rineyville Memorial Cemetery37.75466-85.98073
Royalty Cemetery37.61899-86.25354
Saint Brigid Cemetery37.8003-85.98799
Saint James Cemetery37.7066-85.85651

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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