Hardin is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]
History
editHardin was platted in 1816.[2] The community was named for John Hardin (1753–1792), a Continental Army officer in the American Revolutionary War.[2] who was killed on this site in 1792. Hardin was the county seat from 1819 until 1820.[2] A post office called Hardin was established in 1820, and discontinued in 1909.[3]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hardin, Ohio
- ^ a b c Hitchcock, Almon Baldwin Carrington (1913). History of Shelby County, Ohio, and representative citizens. p. 386.
- ^ "Shelby County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
40°17′11″N 84°14′32″W / 40.28639°N 84.24222°W
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