Elizabethtown is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,531 at the 2010 census, and was estimated at 31,394 by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2020, making it the 11th-largest city in the state. It is included in the Elizabethtown–Fort Knox, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Louisville/Jefferson County–Elizabethtown–Madison, Kentucky-Indiana Combined Statistical Area. The Elizabethtown Metropolitan area had a 2019 estimated population of 153,057, making it the 5th-largest metropolitan area in the state.
Hardin County Old Courthouse in downtown Elizabethtown
The Brown Pusey House
The Samuel B. Thomas House
A banner remembers John Hunt Morgan's role in the history of Elizabethtown, KY. A Confederate cannonball is imbedded in the blue building at left (the ball is visible just below and to the left of the nearest second-story window).
Hardin County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Elizabethtown. The county was formed in 1792. Hardin County is part of the Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the Louisville/Jefferson County—Elizabethtown-Bardstown, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 110,702.
Hardin County courthouse in Elizabethtown
Aerial view of the U.S. Gold Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. Godman Army Airfield and the fort can be seen in the background.