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My name is William R. Vincent the person responsible for Hardin County. If you would like to contribute your information to this page, please let me know. If you would like to volunteer for other counties in Kentucky, please contact Sherri Hall KYGenWeb State Coordinator.

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An excellent County Clerk's web site! Take a look - there is some very good material available including the searchable permanent index to county records. Check it out
Hardin County, Kentucky County Clerk's Office
SORRY, THIS LINK DOES NOT SEEM TO WORK AT THIS TIME!


Trapp Memorial Link
Memorial rose graphic created by Betty Sellers.

Click on the rose to see Glenda Trapp's Memorial Page.


Hardin County was formed in 1793 from Nelson County (Nelson was formed in 1785 from Jefferson County, which was formed from Kentucky County, VA in 1780). It is located in the Pennyrile region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 383 to 1017 feet above sea level. In 1990 the county population was 89,240 in a land area of 628 square miles, an average of 142.1 people per square mile. The county seat is Elizabethtown.

 Map of KY Counties (Hardin Co. Highlighted)

Hardin County is the parent county for several counties, thus it gradually decreased in size over time. Therefore, if your ancestors are here early and suddenly disappear at or about the years indicated below, try jumping over to that county's page to find them.

1799
Ohio		 1800
Breckinridge 		1810
Grayson 		1819
Hart 		1843
LaRue


Hardin County Neighbor Counties
(Clickable Map - click on or around the county name to go to that site!)

Hardin Co. and Bordering Counties Harrison Co., IN Breckinridge Co., KY Grayson Co., KY Hart Co., KY LaRue Co., KY Nelson Co., KY Bullitt Co., KY Jefferson Co., KY Hardin Co., KY Meade Co., KY
Thanks, Ronda Houston (WilburnLst@aol.com) for creating this clickable map for Hardin Co. researchers!


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Collections

Elizabethtown Community College Historical Microfilm
Newspapers on Microfilm at Elizabethtown Community College

Sites Relating to Hardin County

NEW!!! 1967 Wildcat Elementary School Yearbook Hardin Co.
NEW!!! Some Hardin Co. Ceneteries
General Ben Hardin Helm Camp #1703 Elizabethtown, Kentucky Sons of Confederate Veterans
Ancestral News On-Line (ATHS)
Elizabethtown: News Enterprise Obits, great links, and local news!
City of Elizabethtown Web Site Great links to city departments, Chamber, industry and tourism

Sites Relating to Kentucky:

The Kentucky Explorer Magazine
Kentucky Links and Research Help
Kentucky Vital Records (including death records for 1911 through 1992)
Kentucky County Court Clerks (including addresses and phone numbers)
KY Library Archives
Search in Jeff Murphy's database
Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer

KyGenWeb Links:
The Genealogist's Index to the World Wide Web
KYGenWeb Project

Hardin County LOOKUPS

 If you have any resource or reference material on Hardin County, your help is needed. Please, if at all possible, volunteer to look up source material for others. For the following Lookups, please limit requests to no more than two individuals per request. Volunteers will respond as soon as they have time to search for your request.

Joey Oller Civil War Veterans
Larry Hart Hardin Co
Larry Hart KY Census through 1870
Larry Hart Early Tax Lists
Larry Hart Hardin Co KY Marriages to 1850
Larry Hart Hardin Co KY Wills to 1866
Larry Hart Hardin Co KY Cemeteries - does NOT cover Fort Knox Cemeteries

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Hardin County Public Library
Main Library Hours of Operation:
100 Jim Owen Drive (off St. John Road) Mondays 9:00-8:00
Elizabethtown, KY 42701 Tuesdays 9:00-8:00
Phone: (270) 769-6337 Wednesdays 9:00-6:00
Fax: (270) 769-0437 Thursdays 9:00-8:00
Web Site: Hardin County Public Library Fridays 9:00-6:00
Email: hcplm@kvnet.org Saturdays 9:00-3:00
Sundays Closed

HCPL, North Branch
800 South Logsdon Parkway
Radcliff, KY 40160
Phone: (270) 351-9999
The Brown-Pusey House

128 North Main Street
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Phone: 270 765-2515
Open: Mon.-Sat. 10AM-4PM There is a $3.00 fee to use the library
Research - must be by written request - $10 per hour

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in large part from Old Hardin County as it was created in 1792.
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