Local Wiki
Hardin County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 7, 2026- County Board meets
- Scheduled monthly at the Courthouse.
- Meeting location
- Hardin County Courthouse, 102 E. Market St., Elizabethtown, IL 62931.
- County Clerk
- Jill Cowsert · 618-287-2251 · countyclerk@hardincountyil.gov
- Agendas posted at
- https://hardincountyil.gov
- Chairman, Board of Commissioners
- Hardin County Board of Commissioners (non-township commission form) — no leadership previously on file. Three commissioners elected countywide at-large: Chairman Darrick Armstrong, Ricky Williams, and a third commissioner.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
- Hardin County CUSD 1 · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Cave-In-Rock · Village
- Elizabethtown · Village
- Rosiclare · City
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024
- Hardin County Housing Authority · Special District · Housing & Community Development
- Rides Mass Transit District (official website, opens in a new tab) · Special District · Public Transit
- Hardin County Water District 1 · Special District · Water Supply
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts) · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026