Hardinsburg, Kentucky
| Hardinsburg, Kentucky | |
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Breckinridge County courthouse in Hardinsburg
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 Location in Breckinridge County and the state of Kentucky. |
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| Coordinates: 37°46′35″N 86°27′18″W / 37.77639°N 86.45500°WCoordinates: 37°46′35″N 86°27′18″W / 37.77639°N 86.45500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Breckinridge |
| Founded | 1780 |
| Incorporated | 1890 |
| Named for | William Hardin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wayne Macy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.6 sq mi (9.2 km2) |
| • Land | 3.4 sq mi (8.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 709 ft (216 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,343 |
| • Density | 678/sq mi (261.8/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP Code | 40143 |
| Area code(s) | 270 & 364 |
| FIPS code | 21-34552 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0493730 |
| Website | hardinsburg |
Hardinsburg is a home rule-class city in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 2,343 at the 2010 census. Hardinsburg was named after Captain William Hardin.
In August 1779, Sinclair Hardin, William's cousin, was the first man killed (by the Shawnee) west of the Alleghenies Mountains at Big Springs during an early excursion into the Kentucky wilderness.
Capt. William Hardin, brother of the Col. John Hardin for whom Hardin County was named, established a frontier fort at the site in 1780. The settlement was known variously as Hardin's Fort and Hardin's Station in the 18th century.
William Hardin received 400 acres as assignee of Benjamin Hardin, Warrant# 2586, dated February 14, 1780, and the tract was surveyed June 8, 1784. According to the description, the land was on Hardin's Creek, a branch of the Ohio River, and it was formally granted on June 21, 1786. This area would become Hardinsburg.
Hardinsburg was laid out in 1782 by William Hardin. It is small and its growth has been slow, having failed to number a thousand inhabitants in its first hundred years. Among its early and prominent citizens were Joseph Allen, Captain Thomas Kincheloe, Reverend James Taylor, Philip Lightfoot, Morris Hensly, Charles Hambleton, William Feaman, B and RM Wathen, John McClarty, William Morton, Stanley Singleton, James nad Williamson Cox, William Seaton, Francis Peyton, Joseph Thomas, Thornton Smith, Jefferson Jennings and Dr. S.B. Abel. When Judge Kincheloe, Colonel Alf. Allen, Mr. Vivian Daniel, Rev. RG Gardner and Squire Eskridge die, the "old guard" will have become extinct.
William Hardin received grants from the state of Virginia in 1785 for 3800 acres of land, all near the present site of Hardinsburg, Kentucky.
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