Hardin, Illinois

City: Hardin

County: Calhoun

State: Illinois

Lat/Long: 39.1500, -90.6167

Originally known as Child's Landing, the Calhoun County Commissioners' Court changed the town's name to Hardin when they designated it as the seat of Calhoun County in 1847.

George W. Carpenter, Calhoun is My Kingdom: The Sesquicentennial History of Calhoun County, Illinois (Alton, IL: Dan Merkle, 1967), 16, 22-26.