Hardinsburg, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hardinsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40143. The Survey maps it on the Hardinsburg quadrangle. 2,385 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresHardinsburg grew from 2,343 to 2,385 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 | 2,343 | |
| 2020 | 2,385 | +42 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1928 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hardinsburg between 1999 and 2013, burning about 135 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 65 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SHREWSBURY FIRE |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FRED PHILLIPS FIRE |
| 28 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 February 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 November 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 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 Hardinsburg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardinsburg Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer |
Storms near this place
37 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardinsburg in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash 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 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Hardinsburg | $100,000 | A tornado touched down just east of Old U.S. Highway 60 in Hardinsburg near the Breckinridge County Emergency Management Center. It damaged many trees along a path toward Meadowside Apartments. There was roof damage to several apartments in two complexes. The tornado tore the porch off a church. It overturned a mobile home on Cody Lane. There was also some structural and tree damage nearby caused by straight line winds. Only minor injuries were reported. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | $20,000 | A boat was blown out of a carport. Several fences were blown down. A barn canopy was bent, and a cargo trailer got pushed into a truck. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Hardinsburg | $15,000 | Cars were damaged by hail at Hardinsburg. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | $2,000 | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | $1,000 | Windows blown out of a house |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | Large trees were uprooted. There was also minor structural damage near Hardinsburg Baptist Church. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | Trees and power lines were downed by strong winds in Hardinsburg. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | Trees were downed along Kentucky Route 261 just outside of Hardinsburg. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | Trees were down across State Road 259, approximately 3 miles north of Hardinsburg, Kentucky. |
| October 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Hardinsburg | - | The tornado damaged several mobile homes on Lyons-Daughtery Road and snapped several trees. Near the intersection of O Alexander Road an old tobacco barn was completely destroyed. The tornado continued down O Alexander Road and destroyed another old barn. Trees near the end of the road were snapped and the tornado lifted shortly thereafter. ||Maximum winds were estimated to be 85 mph. There were no injuries or fatalities. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Hardinsburg | - | Water was over a bridge on Kirk Axtel Road near Glen Dean. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | Power lines were downed. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | Several trees were downed. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Hardinsburg | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Hardinsburg | - | Breckinridge County dispatch reports three-quarters inch hail. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | Dispatch reports trees and power lines down across the county. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | Power lines blown down. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hardinsburg | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Hardinsburg | - | 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.
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 Hardinsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2297284 | 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 493730. 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.










