Hardin County -- Elizabethtown KY
N 37° 41.589 W 085° 51.486
16S E 600673 N 4172383
The official Kentucky historical marker for Hardin County, located at the County Courthouse in downtown Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Waymark Code: WM15VW7
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 03/04/2022
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This historical marker relates the history of Hardin County. It stands on the west side of the Hardin County Courthouse grounds, by the County Attorney's office entrance.
The marker reads as follows:
"HARDIN COUNTY
Formed from Nelson County by first Legislature, 1792. Named for Col. John Harden, veteran of Dunmore's War, 1774, Am. Rev., Gen. Clark's Wabash Exped., 1787, and Maumee Indian Campaign, 1790. Murdered by Ohio Indians while U.S. peace envoy to them in 1792. In 1780 Elizabethtown settled by Samuel Haycraft, Thomas Helm and Andrew Hines, for whose wife town named.
1966 - Kentucky Historical Society - Kentucky Department of Highways"
Marker Name: Hardin County
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number (for official markers): 960
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society
Kentucky Department of Highways
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