Hardin County, Kentucky

Founding: 1792
Parent county: Nelson

Namesake: John Hardin (1753–1792), Revolutionary War officer
Seat: Elizabethtown (1795–)

Land area: 623 square miles

Population (2010): 105,543

Population (historic): 3,653 (1800); 12,849 (1830); 15,189 (1860); 21,304 (1890); 20,913 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1840; 1870s; 1930–1980; 2000s

Subdivisions: Six cities; three CDPs

National Register listings: 90

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,324 (5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $735
Average outbuilding value (1930): $447
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,302
Average farm size (1920): 72.9 acres
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Elizabethtown

Namesake: Elizabeth Hynes, wife of the city's founder

Founding: 1795 (platting); 1804 (post office); 1847 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 28,531

Population (historic): 181 (1810); 979 (1840); 1,743 (1870); 1,861 (1900); 2,590 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1840; 1860–1880; 1910s; 1930–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 648 (4.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *James Smith Farm (1876). Crain Lane, north of Glendale. Italianate.
2. *John Helm House (1832–1840). 100 Dieck's Drive. Greek Revival.
3. *Greensberry Gaither House (1832/1865). Gaither Station Road, south of Ring Road. Federal.
4. *Jacob Van Meter Log House (1797). Glendale–Hodgenville Road, east of Bacon Creek Road. Razed.
5. *Nall Log House (c. 1820). Lawrence Road, south of Middle Creek Road.
6. *Daniel Brackett House (c. 1812). Lone Star Road, south of Millerstown Road. Razed.
7. *Stiles McDougal Farm (1905). Long Grove Road, southeast of Leitchfield Road. Classical Revival.
8. *Haynes Mason Log House (c. 1810/1830). Mason Road, south of Flint Hill Road.
9. *Adam Monin Log House (1795/1840s). Monin Lane, north of the Nolin River.
10. *Hagan House (1836). New Glendale Road, south of Overall Phillips Road. Razed.
11. *Bethlehem Academy / John Helm House (c. 1825/1848). 7051 St. John Road. Greek Revival.
12. *William Tichenor Log House (c. 1820). Upton Road, south of Flint Hill Road. Razed.
13. *John Raine House (1868). East Western Avenue, east of Sonora. Gothic Revival. Razed.

1. *U.S. Post Office (1931). 200 West Dixie Avenue. Elizabethtown. Georgian Revival.
2. *John Helm House (c. 1825). 210 Helm Avenue. Elizabethtown. Federal.
3. *John Hill House (c. 1825). 128 North Main Street. Elizabethtown. Federal.
4. *Embry Chapel AME Church (1868). 117 Mulberry Street. Elizabethtown. Romanesque.
5. *Phillip Arnold House (1869). 422 East Poplar Street. Elizabethtown. Italianate.
6. *LaRue–Cresap House (1831/1868). 115 West Poplar Street. Elizabethtown. Italianate.
7. *Elizabeth McKinney House (c. 1825). 218 West Poplar Street. Elizabethtown. Federal.
8. *Horatio Wintersmith House (1837). 221 West Poplar Street. Elizabethtown. Federal.
9. *James Young House (1798). 109 Elm Street. West Point. Federal.