Harned is an unincorporated community in

Breckinridge County Breckinridge County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,432. Its county seat is Hardinsburg, Kentucky. The county was named for John Breckinridge (1760–1806), a Kentucky Atto ...

, Kentucky, United States. Harned is located on

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, southeast of Hardinsburg. Harned has a post office with ZIP code 40144.

History

A post office was established in the community, then known as Layman, on June 6, 1890. Six months later it was named for early local land owner Henry Harned, a native of Virginia who moved there shortly after the Civil War and donated the site for the depot and gave a right-of-way for the Louisville, Hardinsburg & Western Railroad.

References

Unincorporated communities in Breckinridge County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{BreckinridgeCountyKY-geo-stub