Hardin County
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Hardin County is a county located in Kentucky in the United States. It is notable as the home of Fort Knox, a major U.S. military installation that houses the nation's gold reserve.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- John Hardin
- Seat
- Elizabethtown
- Largest city
- Elizabethtown
- Judge executive
- Keith Taul (R)
- Total
- 630 sq mi (1,600 km )
- Land
- 623 sq mi (1,610 km )
- Water
- 6.9 sq mi (18 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 113,482
- Density
- 178/sq mi (68.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
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Hardin County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Elizabethtown. The county was formed in 1792. Hardin County is part of the Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the Louisville/Jefferson County—Elizabethtown-Bardstown, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 110,702.
Hardin County is known for being the birthplace of former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, though the location is now part of neighboring LaRue County.