Hardin County

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Department of Geography and Geology at Western Kentucky University

    Hardin County was formed in November of 1792 and is located in the west central part of the state of Kentucky.  The county is 616 square miles and the county seat is Elizabethtown.  The first permanent settlement was a fort called Severn’s Valley in 1780 near present day Elizabethtown.  One of the features that can be seen in Hardin County is Fort Knox.  Corn is the primary agricultural products of the county.

(The Kentucky Encyclopedia 1992, Kentucky Agricultural Statistics 2001-2002)

    County Seat -   Elizabethtown                       

Populations (2000 US Census):	Hardin County	Elizabethtown
	94,174	22,542
		Radcliff
		21,961