Elizabethtown, Kentucky | |
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![]() Hardin County Old Courthouse in downtown Elizabethtown | |
Nickname: E-town or E'town | |
![]() Location of Elizabethtown in Hardin County, Kentucky. | |
Coordinates: 37°42′N 85°52′W / 37.700°N 85.867°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | Hardin |
Area | |
• Total | 27.99 sq mi (72.49 km2) |
• Land | 27.50 sq mi (71.22 km2) |
• Water | 0.49 sq mi (1.27 km2) |
Elevation | 725 ft (221 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 31,394 |
• Estimate (2022)[2] | 31,892 |
• Density | 1,141.68/sq mi (440.81/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 42701–42702 |
Area code(s) | 270 & 364 |
FIPS code | 21-24274 |
GNIS feature ID | 0491640 |
Website | elizabethtownky |
Elizabethtown is a home rule-class city[3] and the county seat of Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 28,531 at the 2010 census,[4] and was estimated at 31,394 by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2020, making it the 11th-largest city in the state. It is included in (and the principal city of) the Elizabethtown–Fort Knox, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Louisville/Jefferson County–Elizabethtown–Madison, Kentucky-Indiana Combined Statistical Area. The Elizabethtown Metropolitan area had a 2019 estimated population of 153,057, making it the 5th-largest metropolitan area in the state.