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Kentucky Counties

Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, third in the U.S. behind Texas's 254 and Georgia's 159.

Hart County, Kentucky

Hart County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Munfordville
Year Organized: 1819
Square Miles: 416

Court House:

P.O. Box 409
County Courthouse
Munfordville, KY 42765-0409

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Capt. Nathaniel G.T. Hart (1784-1813), Lexington lawyer and merchant; officer in the War of 1812. One of those honored after the Battle of River Raisin.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Hart county was formed in 1819. It is located in the Pennyrile region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 421 to 1156 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 17,445 in a land area of 415.93 square miles, an average of 41.9 people per square mile. The county seat is Munfordville.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Hardin County
Northeast: Larue County
East: Green County
Southeast: Metcalfe County
South: Barren County
Southwest: Edmonson County
Northwest: Grayson County

Cities and Towns:

- Bonnieville	city	Incorporated Area
- Horse Cave	city	Incorporated Area
- Munfordville (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."