Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Hyden, KY

Hyden is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Leslie County, Kentucky.

Known as the 'Redbud Capital of the World,' Hyden sits in the valley of the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River at the junction of U.S. Route 421 and Kentucky Route 80.

The area was first settled around 1800 by the Sizemore family, who lived in a rock house near the mouth of Rockhouse Creek.

The town was established in 1878 and incorporated on March 18, 1882, and it was named after John Hyden, a state senator of the time who helped form Leslie County.

Frontier Nursing University opened in Hyden in 1939; its founder, Mary Carson Breckinridge, also established the first nurse-midwifery school in the United States.

In late 1970 the Hurricane Creek mine disaster, about 5 miles southeast of Hyden, killed 38 coal miners and briefly brought the town national attention.

In July 1978, Richard Nixon came to Hyden to make his first public speech since resigning the presidency during the Watergate scandal.

The 2020 census counted 303 residents in Hyden, while the 2000 census had recorded 204 people in 95 households.

Hyden's mountainous terrain long made the region difficult to reach except by river, which hindered the town's growth.

Hyden is served by the Leslie County Public Library.