Editing Hardin, Illinois

{{Distinguish|Hardin County, Illinois}}
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'''Hardin''' is a village and [[county seat]] of [[Calhoun County, Illinois|Calhoun County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was 801 at the 2020 census, down from 967 at the 2010 census.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|accessdate=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>

==Geography==
Hardin is located at {{coord|39|9|30|N|90|37|6|W|type:city}} (39.158271, −90.618239).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Hardin has a total area of {{convert|2.30|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|2.13|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 92.44%) is land and {{convert|0.17|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 7.56%) is water.<ref name="gaz2021">{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left|1880= 300
|1890= 311
|1900= 494
|1910= 654
|1920= 694
|1930= 733
|1940= 838
|1950= 928
|1960= 1040
|1970= 1035
|1980= 1107
|1990= 1071
|2000= 959
|2010= 967
|2020= 801
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1732850 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> there were 801 people, 263 households, and 192 families residing in the village. The population density was {{Convert|347.96|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 370 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|160.73|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the village was 95.01% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.12% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.12% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.50% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.50% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.75% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.62% of the population.

There were 263 households, out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.88% were married couples living together, 5.32% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.00% were non-families. 25.86% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.41% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.47 and the average family size was 2.82.

The village's age distribution consisted of 21.1% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 16.5% from 25 to 44, 31% from 45 to 64, and 26.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $55,938, and the median income for a family was $78,846. Males had a median income of $37,917 versus $27,450 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $24,596. About 15.1% of families and 20.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 24.0% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Early history==
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]].<ref>Calhoun County ILGenWeb, https://calhoun.illinoisgenweb.org/index.htm</ref> Hardin became the seat of Calhoun County after the county courthouse had burned down in [[Gilead, Illinois|Gilead]]. The seat was temporarily moved to [[Hamburg, Illinois|Hamburg]], but after an offer from Benjamin Childs of five acres of land and fifty thousand bricks for the new courthouse, as well as a free barbeque dinner, it was decided in a vote that the county seat would be moved in 1847.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Carpenter |first=George Wilbur |url=http://archive.org/details/historyofcalhoun00carp |title=History of Calhoun County and its people up to the year 1910 |date=1933 |others=University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign}}</ref>

== Education ==
The school district is [[Calhoun Community Unit School District 40]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st17_il/schooldistrict_maps/c17013_calhoun/DC20SD_C17013.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Calhoun County, IL|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-29}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st17_il/schooldistrict_maps/c17013_calhoun/DC20SD_C17013_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Thomas D. Bare]] (1867–1931), Illinois newspaper editor and state senator, lived in Hardin<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1907–1908,' Biographical Sketch of Thomas D. Bare, pg. 276–277</ref>
*[[Jerry Corbett]] (1917–1997), businessman, baseball player, and politician, was born in Hardin<ref>'Former state Rep. Jerry Corbett recalled as "hard-working," ''Alton Telegraph'', Steve Whitworth, October 22, 1997, pg. A-11</ref>
*[[Bill McGee]] (1909–1987), major league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants<ref>"Bill McGee, Baseball Reference, https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgeebi01.shtml</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.greatriverroad.com/Cities/Hardin/HardinCover.htm Great River Road: Hardin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050414210303/http://greatriverroad.com/Cities/Hardin/HardinCover.htm |date=April 14, 2005 }}
*[http://jls3.tripod.com/Lodges/cal792.htm Masonic Lodge of Hardin]
*[https://hardinil.com/ Official website]

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