Hardin, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hardin precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62047. It lies near Poor Farm Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hardin quadrangle. 801 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresHardin fell from 967 to 801 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 967 | |
| 2020 | 801 | -166 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1930 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Jerseyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hardin: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kritesville Shale Exposure | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Calhoun Cty Hwy Dept | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Calhoun Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sievers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardin in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Flood | Hardin | $1,000 | The Illinois River started June in flood and hit major flood levels cresting on the 4th. The river remained in flood into July. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | $200 | Wind damage was reported to several trees and a roof in Belleview. Large trees were blown down just east of Hardin as well. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped off a large tree that was at least a foot in diameter. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a number of trees around town. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees between Hardin and Brussels. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down between Hardin and Batchtown. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts blew a large sycamore tree over onto a pickup truck at a residence on Route 100. |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | The County Sheriff reported trees and power lines down on Highway 100. A major power line was downed resulting in a large part of the County losing power. |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | The County Sheriff reported numerous trees down along Route 96. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a few outbuildings in the Hardin area. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | The Sheriff office reported trees and power lines down. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees in Hardin. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Hail | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star City | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Gilead | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Birch Island | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kritesville | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Michael | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Turner Landing | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hamburg | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Batchtown | 8.8 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Hardin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1525427 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 409767. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






