Kentucky · Census place 2135020
Hartford, Kentucky
Hartford is a city in Ohio County, Kentucky with an estimated 2,652 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 121st largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,652
- #121 of 206 in Kentucky
- Change since 2020
- -0.5%
- -12 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 934 / sq mi
- State median 1,588
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Hartford population, 2020 to 2024
Hartford lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +16.
Hartford covers 2.84 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 934 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Hartford is less dense than the typical town.
What county Hartford is in
All of Hartford's residents live in Ohio County, which had 23,933 residents in 2024. Hartford holds 11.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hartford
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hartford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42347. 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 Hartford is
The Census internal point of Hartford is at 37.453400, -86.889800. Frankfort, the capital, is 121.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Beaver Dam, KY (3,535 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 51.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.453400, -86.889800
- DMS
- 37°27'12.24"N 86°53'23.28"W
- UTM
- 16N 509746.6E 4145177.1N
- Geohash
- dndjnf0vb
- Plus code
- 869MF436+93
Daylight in Hartford
At 37.45° N, Hartford gets about 14 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Hartford
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Beaver Dam, 3.5 miles away, with 3,535 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hartford, KY?
2,652 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 12 (0.5%) from 2,664 in July 2020.
What county is Hartford in?
Ohio County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hartford?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42347.
How far is Hartford from Frankfort?
121.1 miles (194.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Hartford.
What is the nearest larger city to Hartford?
Beaver Dam, KY, with 3,535 residents, 3.5 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.