{"id":2733,"date":"2023-04-15T18:18:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T18:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=2733"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:17:31","slug":"hardin-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/hardin-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardin County, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hardin County is a county in Illinois, United States, on the Ohio River at the state’s southeastern tip, in the region long nicknamed “Little Egypt.” It had a population of 3,649 at the 2020 census — the smallest of any Illinois county — and covers 182 square miles (470 km2) centred near 37°32′N 88°22′W.<\/p>\n

Elizabethtown is the county seat, and its postal code is 62931. The county has one city, two villages, and more than a dozen unincorporated communities, all in the Central time zone. Hardin has no incorporated townships with governing authority; its rural areas are organized instead as unincorporated precincts.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Hardin County<\/h2>\n

Hardin County’s settled places range from the Ohio River city of Rosiclare to a scatter of unincorporated hamlets along its ridges and creek bottoms. “CDP” below marks a Census Designated Place with its own tallied population; “Unincorp.” marks a named community with no separate census count.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Rosiclare<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n980<\/td>\n62982<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabethtown<\/td>\nVillage · seat<\/td>\n220<\/td>\n62931<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cave-In-Rock<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n228<\/td>\n62919<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cadiz<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eichorn<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fairview<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finneyville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gross<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hicks<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Karbers Ridge<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lamb<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peters Creek<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rock Creek<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saline Landing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shetlerville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sparks Hill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two names on the old list — “Humm Wye” and “Loves Corner” — could not be independently confirmed as distinct Hardin County places and are omitted here rather than repeated unverified.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n