Hardscrabble or Hard Scrabble is land that is rocky or of poor quality, as in the term ''hardscrabble farm''. It is often used as a euphemism for any sort of hard working or poverty, as in ''hardscrabble childhood''. A number of towns use this name: * Hardscrabble (Harrisburg), Pennsylvania, a former neighborhood in Midtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania * Hardscrabble, California, now

Ione, California Ione ( ) is a city in Amador County, California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population is 5,141, which is a 35.1% decrease from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. Once known as "Bedbug" and "Freeze Out," Ione ...

* Hardscrabble, Colorado, an extinct town in Colorado * Hardscrabble, Illinois, now

Streator, Illinois Streator is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, LaSalle and Livingston County, Illinois, Livingston counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The city is situated on the Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary), Vermilion River approximately so ...

Hardscrabble, Indiana Hardscrabble was a small unincorporated community in Green Township, Madison County, Indiana. As of 1989 it had four houses, and its population was never greater than 16. Geography Hardscrabble is located at the corner of Indiana State Roads ...

, a town in Indiana * Hardscrabble, New York, now

Farmingdale, New York Farmingdale is an incorporated village on Long Island within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 8,466 at the time of the 2020 Census. The Lenox Hills neighborhood is adjacent to Bethpage State ...

* Hardscrabble, Ohio * Hardscrabble, Ontario, a village incorporated into the town of Hamilton, Ontario, today's

Cobourg, Ontario Cobourg ( ) is a town in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario, located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto and east of Oshawa. It is the largest town in and seat of Northumberland County, Ontario, Northumberla ...

, Canada * Hardscrabble, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Highland County, Virginia * Hardscrabble, West Virginia, now

Scrabble, West Virginia Scrabble is an unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the community has been known as Hard Scrabble, Hard Scrabble Town, and Hardscrabble throughout its ...

* Hardscrabble or Hard Scrabble, Wisconsin, now Hazel Green (town), Wisconsin *

Hard Scrabble and Snow Town Hard Scrabble (Addison Hollow) and Snow Town were two neighborhoods located in Providence, Rhode Island in the nineteenth century. They were the sites of race riots in which working-class white residents destroyed multiple black homes and busi ...

, two African-American neighborhoods in 19th-century Providence, Rhode Island * Hardscrabble Canyon, in the Wet Mountains, in Colorado *

Hardscrabble Pass Hardscrabble Pass () is a mountain pass in South-Central Colorado, South-Central Colorado (United States, USA). It lies between the Wet Mountain Valley to the west and the valley of the Arkansas River to the east. The pass traverses the Wet Mounta ...

, in Colorado *

Hardscrabble Peak Hardscrabble Peak is a mountain summit in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. Description Hardscrabble Peak is the fourth-highest peak in the Bridger Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. The peak is situated north of Bozem ...

, in Montana * Hardscrabble River, the estuary of Wilson Stream, a small river in Washington County, Maine

Historic sites

* Hardscrabble, a log cabin built by Ulysses S. Grant, now located at

Grant's Farm Grant's Farm is a historic farm, and long-standing landmark in Grantwood Village, Missouri, built by Ulysses S. Grant on land given to him and his wife by his father in law Frederick Fayette Dent shortly after they became married in 1848. ...

, Grantwood Village, Missouri * Hardscrabble (Bahama, North Carolina), a historic plantation house * Hardscrabble Farm, an historic farm property and Greek Revival farmhouse in rural Searsmont, Maine

Other uses

*''Hardscrabble'', a 2012 electronic music album by The Flashbulb *

Hardscrabble Open The Hardscrabble Open, also known as the Hardscrabble Women's Invitation, was a golf tournament played at the Hardscrabble Golf Club in Fort Smith, Arkansas, from 1945 to 1953. It was an official LPGA Tour event from 1948 to 1950. Winners *1953 Be ...

(also known as the Hardscrabble Women's Invitation), a golf tournament played at the Hardscrabble Golf Club (also known as the Hardscrabble Country Club) in Fort Smith, Arkansas from 1945 to 1953; it was an official LPGA Tour event from 1948 to 1950 {{geodis