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Hardin County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Named after
- Joseph Hardin, Sr.
- Seat
- Savannah
- Largest city
- Savannah
- Mayor
- Kevin Davis
- Total
- 596 sq mi (1,540 km )
- Land
- 577 sq mi (1,490 km )
- Water
- 19 sq mi (49 km ) 3.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 27,983
- Density
- 46.5/sq mi (18.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- https://www.hardincogov.com/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Contains
- Savannah
- Capital
- Savannah
- Population
- 26831
- Area
- 1544
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Alcorn County
- Official website
- www.hardincogov.com
- Image
- Hardin County, Tennessee courthouse in Savannah, Tennessee.jpg
- Households
- 10087
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- different from
- Hardin County
- Commons category
- Hardin County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Hardin County, Tennessee
- water as percent of area
- 3.2
- native label
- Hardin County
- inception
- 1819-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hardin County, Tennessee
- per capita income
- 24664
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Encyclopedic overview
Hardin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,831. The county seat is Savannah. Hardin County is located north of and along the borders of Mississippi and Alabama. The county was founded in November 1819 and named posthumously for Col. Joseph Hardin, a Revolutionary War soldier and a legislative representative for the Province of North Carolina; the State of Franklin; and the Southwest Territory. Hardin County was the site of the Battle of Shiloh (also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing) during the Civil War.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hardin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.