Hardin County (Illinois)

administration
Hardin County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Elizabethtown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Hardin County Courthouse P.O. Box 248 Elizabethtown, IL 62931-0248
Foundation :	March 1, 1839
Made up from:	Pope County Gallatin County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	4320 (2010)
Population density :	9.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	470 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
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The Hardin County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 4,320 residents and a population density of 9.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Elizabethtown .

geography

The county is located in southern Illinois on the Ohio River , which forms the border with Kentucky to the east and south . It has an area of 470 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Hardin County:

Saline County	Gallatin County
Pope County		Union County (Kentucky)
Livingston County, Kentucky		Crittenden County, Kentucky

history

Hardin County was formed on March 1, 1839 from parts of Pope County and Gallatin County. It was named after John Hardin (1753–1792), an officer in the Continental Army during the American War of Independence .

The first administrative seat was in McFarlan's Ferry, which was later renamed Elizabethtown, after McFarlan's wife Elizabeth. He was also the first to build a brick building with a view over the Ohio River in 1812 , as was the Rose Hotel , which was extensively restored in 1998 and is now the oldest hotel in Illinois.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	1378	-
1850	2887	109.5%
1860	3759	30.2%
1870	5113	36%
1880	6024	17.8%
1890	7234	20.1%
1900	7448	3%
1910	7015	-5.8%
1920	7533	7.4%
1930	6955	-7.7%
1940	7759	11.6%
1950	7530	-3%
1960	5879	-21.9%
1970	4914	-16.4%
1980	5383	9.5%
1990	5189	-3.6%
2000	4800	-7.5%
2010	4320	-10%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Hardin County had 4,320 people in 1,929 households. The population density was 9.4 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.24 people lived in each of the 1929 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

20.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 33,367 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,202. 21.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Hardin County localities

City

Rosiclare

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Hardin County is divided into six precincts :

district	Population (2010)	FIPS
Cave-In-Rock precinct	692	17-90666
McFarlan precinct	703	17-91998
Monroe precinct	638	17-92170
Rock precinct	514	17-92995
Rosiclare precinct	1186	17-93050
Stone Church precinct	587	17-93276