Hardin County, Kentucky Court House Records

The county was named after Colonel John Hardin, an officer of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and was estabished in 1793 from land of Nelson County. Hardinsburg was founded by Capt. William Hardin. Court house fires destroyed county records in 1864 and again in 1932. The original Hardin County land included 4,000 square miles and all or part of 12 other counties have been formed from this original area. Breckinridge, Daviess, Grayson, Green, Hancock, LaRue, Meade and Ohio counties were formed from original Hardin County, as well as parts of Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Henderson and McLean counties. The boundaries of the original area were the Ohio, Salt, Rolling Fork and Green rivers.