Historical Marker
Old Hardin
Historical marker location:
Kountze, Texas
( off FM 326, 3 mi. south of Kountze)
Marker installed: 1970
Founded 1859 as first county seat of Hardin County, created in 1858. Prospered until bypassed by Sabine & East Texas Railroad in 1881. A fire of suspicious origin razed the Courthouse here on Aug. 8, 1886. In an 1887 election, Kountze, on the railroad, was named the county seat.