Kentucky · Census place 2134552
Hardinsburg, Kentucky
Hardinsburg is a city in Breckinridge County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,487 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 126th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,487
- #126 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- +3.9%
- +94 people
- Land area
- 3.5 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 719 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Hardinsburg population, 2020 to 2024
Hardinsburg added 94 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +26.
Hardinsburg covers 3.46 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 719 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Hardinsburg is less dense than the typical town.
What county Hardinsburg is in
All of Hardinsburg's residents live in Breckinridge County, which had 21,221 residents in 2024. Hardinsburg holds 11.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hardinsburg
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hardinsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 40143. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Hardinsburg is
The Census internal point of Hardinsburg is at 37.771400, -86.450800. Frankfort, the capital, is 90.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tell City, IN (7,515 people), 21.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 51.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.771400, -86.450800
- DMS
- 37°46'17.04"N 86°27'2.88"W
- UTM
- 16N 548367.8E 4180593.9N
- Geohash
- dndwbu06q
- Plus code
- 869MQGCX+HM
Daylight in Hardinsburg
At 37.77° N, Hardinsburg gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Hardinsburg
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Cloverport, 10.7 miles away, with 1,144 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hardinsburg, KY?
2,487 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 94 (3.9%) from 2,393 in July 2020.
What county is Hardinsburg in?
Breckinridge County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hardinsburg?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 40143.
How far is Hardinsburg from Frankfort?
90.5 miles (145.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Hardinsburg.
What is the nearest larger city to Hardinsburg?
Tell City, IN, with 7,515 residents, 21.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.