The Hardyville Cemetery, also known as the Hardyville Pioneer Cemetery, at 1776

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, is a historic cemetery that is listed on the

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. – It is the only surviving significant remnant of Hardyville, a once-thriving shipping port for steamboats (on the

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) and had served as the county seat of

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. It contains 17 graves, each covered with a pile of

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stones, as originally created. It was listed on the National Register in 2001.

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