When will the power be back in Elizabethtown, KY?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Elizabethtown is a city of about 34,565 residents in Hardin County.
Nolin RECC has reported outages for Elizabethtown by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Elizabethtown is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Elizabethtown:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Elizabethtown: the closest other places we track are Radcliff, about 9 miles to the north; Shepherdsville, about 22 miles to the northeast; Bardstown, about 24 miles to the east; and Mount Washington, about 29 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Shively (34 mi N); Louisville (34 mi N); Campbellsville (38 mi SE); Jeffersontown (39 mi NE); St. Matthews (40 mi N); Lyndon (42 mi N); New Albany, IN (42 mi N); and Clarksville, IN (43 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Jeffersonville, IN (45 mi); northeast toward Shelbyville (49 mi); east toward Danville (60 mi); southeast toward Somerset (82 mi); south toward Glasgow (48 mi); southwest toward Bowling Green (59 mi); west toward Owensboro (68 mi); and northwest toward Jasper, IN (75 mi).
Who serves Elizabethtown?
We track live outage data from Nolin RECC, LG&E and KU, Meade County RECC ↗ and Salt River Electric ↗ in Hardin County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Elizabethtown's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 42 customers out, and was restored in 55 minutes. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 2 — 42 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Sep 11 — 784 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 21 — 32 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Hardin County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.8 hr. The full record for Hardin County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Elizabethtown, KY?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Elizabethtown's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Elizabethtown, KY?
To check your own street, search an Elizabethtown ZIP code — 42701 or 42702 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Elizabethtown specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Elizabethtown we have the city-level view: Nolin RECC has published outages for Elizabethtown under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Elizabethtown is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Hardin County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Elizabethtown.
