Hardin, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Benton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42048. It stands on Ellison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hardin quadrangle. 580 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 410 feet above sea level.
On record in Hardin
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Cherokee State Parklisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresHardin fell from 615 to 580 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 | 615 | |
| 2020 | 580 | -35 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS Benton quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Benton quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Hardin between 1998 and 2014, burning about 235 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRUSHY CR |
| 3 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | 305 NANNIE NEAL RD. |
| 2 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hardin: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Creek Clay | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardin in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | $90,000 | A long line of damaging straight-line winds occurred in southern Marshall County. Emergency management reported an overturned camper on Sid Darnell Road, while broadcast media reported multiple trees uprooted near the intersection of Murray Hwy and Union Hill Rd. ||An NWS damage survey found straight line thunderstorm wind damage impacted parts of southeast Marshall County, KY, on the evening of Friday, May 16, 2025. Impacted communities included Hardin, Olive, and Aurora. Estimated wind speeds were 74 to 85mph. Most damage was from scattered downed tree limbs and uprooted trees including several uprooted trees on Liberty School Rd. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | $34,000 | Several trees were blown down, completely blocking a side street. A few power poles were snapped. A barn was severely damaged, and at least ten acres of corn were flattened. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | $10,000 | Near the Calloway County border, there were six power poles down due to winds estimated around 70 MPH. Kentucky Route 80 was closed between Hardin and Aurora due to downed power poles. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | $5,000 | Siding was blown off a house in Hardin. A trained spotter estimated winds gusted to 60 mph at the Eggners Ferry Bridge on U.S. Highway 68 at Kentucky Lake. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | $2,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down near Hardin. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | $1,000 | Numerous small branches were blown down on Highway 402 between Hardin and Aurora. |
| April 2013 | Heavy Rain | Hardin | - | The 36-hour rainfall total was 4.25 inches. |
| December 2008 | Heavy Rain | Hardin | - | Water was over several roads in Marshall County. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Hardin | - | Hail up to the size of nickels was accompanied by wind gusts from 50 to 55 MPH. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Flood | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flood | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Hardin | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Hill (historical) | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Joppa | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty (historical) | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Yancy Darnell (historical) | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| South Marshall | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Monkey Den (historical) | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Olive | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Glade | 3.8 miles | 13 |
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 Q2280162 | 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 493717. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.






