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Hardin County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Hardin County, Kentucky
- Seat
- Elizabethtown
- Largest city
- Rosiclare
- Total
- 182 sq mi (470 km )
- Land
- 178 sq mi (460 km )
- Water
- 4.1 sq mi (11 km ) 2.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,588
- Density
- 20.5/sq mi (7.92/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 12th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Elizabethtown
- Population
- 3649
- Area
- 470
- Shares border with
- Saline County
- Official website
- www.hardincountyil.org
- Image
- Elizabethtown, Illinois.jpg
- Households
- 1515
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- Commons category
- Hardin County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Hardin County, Illinois
- inception
- 1839-03-01
- different from
- Hardin County
- water as percent of area
- 2.2
- native label
- Hardin County
- per capita income
- 27720
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hardin County, Illinois
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Topology of Hicks Dome in Hardin and Pope counties
Hardin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 3,649, making it the least populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Elizabethtown. Hardin County is located in the part of the state known as Little Egypt. Hardin County was named for Hardin County, Kentucky, which was named in honor of Colonel John Hardin, an officer in the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hardin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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