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Hardin, Hardin, Illinois

HARDIN

Illinois · Est. 1847
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The Hardin Collection

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Hardin, Illinois gifts and souvenirs: 19 designs made from Hardin's own map, landmarks and history, from $16 to $95. Printed to order and shipped free in the USA.

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Hardin Hometown Ornament$23
Hardin Vintage Travel Posterfrom $40
Hardin Varsity Crewneckfrom $57
Hardin Est. Teefrom $33
Hardin Town Line Mugfrom $26
Hardin Market Tote$37

Hardin was first known as Terry's Landing, after its first settler, Dr. William Terry, according to John Lammy's American Centennial celebration speech in Hardin on July 4, 1876. Landmarks include Hardin Precinct, Calhoun County, Illinois, Hardin Bridge and Calhoun County Courthouse.

Since 1847

A short history of Hardin

Hardin was first known as Terry's Landing, after its first settler, Dr. William Terry, according to John Lammy's American Centennial celebration speech in Hardin on July 4, 1876. Benjamin F. Childs bought the landing in 1835 and renamed it Childs' Landing. The village name was changed to Hardin when it became the county seat of Calhoun County in 1847. The new name honored John J. Hardin, a former congressman and a colonel in the First Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, who was killed earlier that year in the Mexican–American War. Hardin became the seat of Calhoun County after the county courthouse had burned down in Gilead. The seat was temporarily moved to Hamburg. Still, after Benjamin Childs donated five acres of land and fifty thousand bricks for the new courthouse, as well as a free barbecue, it was decided in a vote that the county seat would be moved in 1847.

Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Hardin, Illinois, revision 1374422999 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Hardin's population was 801 in the 2020 U.S. Census, down from 967 in 2010.