Hardyville, Kentucky

Hardyville, Kentucky
Hardyville is located in Kentucky
Hardyville
Hardyville
Hardyville is located in the United States
Hardyville
Hardyville
Coordinates: 37°15′15″N 85°47′10″W / 37.25417°N 85.78611°W / 37.25417; -85.78611
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyHart
Area
 • Total0.64 sq mi (1.66 km2)
 • Land0.63 sq mi (1.63 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
702 ft (214 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total155
 • Density245.64/sq mi (94.81/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP code
42746
Area code(s)270 & 364
FIPS code21-34660
GNIS feature ID493738[2]

Hardyville is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hart County, Kentucky, United States, located east of Munfordville on U.S. Route 31E. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 156.[3] In the 2020 United States Census the population was 180.[4]

A post office was established in the community in 1868.[5] It was named in honor of a series of popular stump speeches given at the crossroads during the 1850s by local politician James Greene Hardy, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1855 to 1856.

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hardyville, Kentucky
  3. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hardyville CDP, Kentucky". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 30, 2017.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Hardyville, KY | Data USA".
  5. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 131–132. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.