Kentucky, the 15th state in the Union, was admitted June 1, 1792. Hardin County, Kentucky's 15th county, was created by the first session of the Legislature in 1792, from Nelson County. It was named in honor of Colonel John Hardin, a veteran of Dunmore's War (1787), the American Revolution, General Clark's Wabash Expedition (1787), and the Maumee Indian Campaign (1790); he was killed in Ohio in 1792 by Indians while serving as a peace envoy to them from the United States.
In 1793, Colonel Andrew Hynes laid off a tract of 30 acres of land from his plantation for the erection of public building for Hardin County.
In 1797, the name Elizabeth Town was given to this seat of government by the Hardin County Court, in honor of Elizabeth Warford Hynes, the wife of Colonel Hynes.
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