Editing Hart County, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Hart County was formed in 1819 from portions of Hardin and Barren counties.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&q=cannon+ky&pg=PA133 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | date=1987 | access-date=April 28, 2013 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=133| isbn=0813126312 }}</ref> The county is named for [[Nathaniel G. S. Hart|Captain Nathaniel G. S. Hart]], a Kentucky militia [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] in the [[War of 1812]] who was wounded at the [[Battle of Frenchtown]] and died in the [[Massacre of the River Raisin]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_luoxAQAAMAAJ | title=The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1 | publisher=Kentucky State Historical Society | year=1903 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_luoxAQAAMAAJ/page/n116 35]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n150 151]}}</ref>

The [[Battle of Munfordville]], a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] victory, was fought in the county in 1862, during the [[American Civil War]].

A courthouse fire in January 1928 resulted in the loss of some county records.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAVlVS29NKIC&q=%22bell+county%22+1914+1918+1976&pg=PA249 | title=Kentucky Ancestry: A Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research | publisher=Ancestry Publishing | date=1992 | access-date=July 26, 2013 | author=Hogan, Roseann Reinemuth | pages=249| isbn=9780916489496}}</ref>

In 1989 the [[Amish]] settlement near Munfordville was founded. It has ties to the [[Geauga County, Ohio|Geauga]] Amish settlement in Ohio, from where many of the Munfordville Amish came. It is the fastest growing Amish settlement in America and had 14 church districts and a total population of about 1,800 people {{as of|2013|lc=y}}.<ref name="Joseph F page 114">Joseph F. Donnermeyer and David Luthy: ''Amish Settlements across America: 2013'', page 114.</ref><ref name="Munfordville">[http://amishamerica.com/amish-kentucky/#munfordville "Munfordville"] at amishamerica.com.</ref>