Hardin County, Kentucky

Founding: 1793
Parent county: Nelson

Namesake: John Hardin, Continental Army officer
Seat: Elizabethtown (1795–)

Land area: 623 square miles

Population (2020): 110,702

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1840; 1850–1880; 1890s; 1910s; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: Six cities; three CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,324 (5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%

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 (2020): 31,394

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1880; 1900–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 648 (4.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. George Smith House Ruins (c. 1860). 3184 Bacon Creek Road. Italianate.
2. Penniston Farm (c. 1860/1900). Bardstown Road, east of Chestnut Grove Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
3. Daniel Brackett House (c. 1812). 554 Brackett Cemetery Road. Razed.
4. Maple Hill / James Smith Farm (1876). 177 Crain Lane. Italianate.
5. Hazel Hill / Greensberry Gaither House (1832/1865). 1750 Gaither Station Road. Federal/Gothic Revival.
6. Stiles McDougal Farm (1905). 262 Long Grove Road. Classical Revival.
7. Haynes Mason Log House (c. 1810/1830). 407 Mason Road.
8. John Hart Farm (c. 1861). 3361 Miller Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
9. Adam Monin Log House (1795/1840s). Monin Lane, north of the Nolin River.
10. Hagan House (1836). 2852 New Glendale Road. Razed.
11. Bethlehem Academy / John Helm House (c. 1825/1848). 7051 St. John Road. Greek Revival.
12. John Raine House (1868). East Western Avenue, east of Sonora. Gothic Revival. Razed.

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