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Hart County, Kentucky

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
22historic places
—earliest paper
1819formed
19,288pop. 2020
48cemeteries
2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 22 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1979. Most listings are in or near Munfordville, Horse Cave, Bonnieville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kentucky is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Hart titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

14 of 22 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

22 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Barrett, Dr. Lewis, HouseMunfordvilleBuilding1980
Battle of Munfordville SiteMunfordvilleDistrict1999
Bonnieville Elementary SchoolBonnievilleBuilding2025
Chapline BuildingMunfordvilleBuilding1980
Cox, Alvey, HouseMunfordvilleBuilding1980
Cub Run Elementary SchoolCub RunBuilding2025
Gardner HouseNorthtownBuilding2004
Hart County CourthouseMunfordvilleBuilding1980
Hart County Deposit Bank and Trust Company BuildingMunfordvilleBuilding1980
Henrytown Historic DistrictHorse CaveDistrict2025
Horse Cave Historic DistrictHorse CaveDistrict2001
Memorial Elementary SchoolHardyvilleBuilding2025
Munford InnMunfordvilleBuilding1984
Munfordville Baptist ChurchMunfordvilleBuilding1980
Munfordville Presbyterian Church and Green River Lodge No.88MunfordvilleBuilding1980
Munfordville SchoolMunfordvilleBuilding1984
Pearce-Wheeler FarmCanmerBuilding2005
Salts Cave Archeological SiteMundfordvilleSite1979
Smith, Col. Robert A., MonumentMunfordviileObject1997
Smith, F. A., HouseMunfordvilleBuilding1980
Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument in Horse CaveHorse CaveObject1997
Wood, Gen. George T., HouseMunfordvilleBuilding1980

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Hart was formed in 1819 (1819-04-01) from Barren, Hardin.

HART created from BARREN and HARDIN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Hart County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

19k12k4,1841820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,1847,03110,34817,13318,39018,54417,23915,32114,11915,40217,44519,288

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.
Mammoth Cave National ParkPark unit25.3 km
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic SitePark unit32.3 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

48 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 48 of 48 listed
NameLatLon
Akin Cemetery37.33912-85.69157
Camp Ground Cemetery37.37507-85.94211
Caswell Cemetery37.37961-86.01785
Chestnut Grove Cemetery37.31894-85.89358
Conyers Cemetery37.25216-85.71166
Copelin Cemetery37.42223-86.00668
Cox Cemetery37.25847-86.08471
Craddock Cemetery37.38391-86.02762
Daniels Cemetery37.20713-86.05028
Davis Cemetery37.29684-85.69997
Davis Cemetery37.29858-85.70767
Dobson Cemetery37.36184-85.722
Edwards Cemetery37.35112-85.71492
Ennis Cemetery Number 237.16973-85.7466
Farmers Cemetery37.18401-86.01401
Gaddie Cemetery37.4015-85.81649
Garvin Cemetery37.28955-85.73223
Hamilton Cemetery37.272-85.72048
Hodge Cemetery37.41461-85.85529
Hubbard Cemetery37.28853-85.90254
Huffman Cemetery37.28134-85.72752
Hunter Cemetery37.17991-86.00965
Jaggers Cemetery37.37344-85.74082
Kessler Cemetery37.35212-85.70105
Leesville Cemetery37.43941-85.89217
Logsdon Valley Cemetery37.25909-85.97593
McCubbin Cemetery37.20016-85.71434
McCubbin Cemetery37.33565-85.71351
McDonald Cemetery37.20151-85.70955
Mercer Cemetery37.20812-85.71397
Mount Gilboa Church Cemetery37.25834-85.72024
Perkins Cemetery37.36328-85.7153
Pleasant Grove Cemetery37.24714-85.73406
Riordan Cemetery37.22638-85.7425
Roundtree - Sherfey Cemetery37.29255-85.69663
Russell Cemetery37.37526-85.72144
Sims Cemetery37.30485-85.72152
Smith Cemetery37.37897-86.01789
Sydnor Cemetery37.2334-85.69895
Timberlake Cemetery37.32033-85.83441
Wheeler Cemetery37.2871-85.72713
Wheeler Cemetery37.3107-85.7185
Whickerville Cemetery37.20353-85.69117
Whitlow Cemetery37.37333-85.70263
Williams Cemetery37.31613-85.72911
Wooden Cemetery37.42838-86.0283
Woodsonville Memorial Gardens37.24726-85.88977
Wright Cemetery37.30945-85.70722
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Old Linwood37.33297-85.76541
Wigwam37.15939-85.84155

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Munfordville1,0054.9 kmKY008
Rowlett'S Station8966.2 kmKY004

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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