Bill Hardaway and his family established the city of Hardaway.

In 1830, a committee from the state legislature, searching for a site for a state capitol arrived in Hardaway. The legislature approved the selection in 1831. Hardaway became the state capitol in 1833.

The population increased after the construction of the National Road in the 1830s and railroads after 1945. Rapid growth only began after the Water Crisis of 1837.

During the first half of the 20th century, Hardaway was a center for transportation manufacturing and the auto parts industry. These manufacturing industries eventually died down in the city.

Following a decline in its economic base and the flight of more affluent residents to the suburbs, Hardaway and Robinson County, solidarity, a successful consolidation of city-county government was instituted on January 1, 1970. The city's population jumped from 920,000 to 990,000. With new governmental structure came an effective partnership between public and private interests to revitalize the city, stimulated by the Hardaway Endowment. This activity led to the creation of a new urban landscape, especially downtown, and a renewed sense of civic pride.

Today, Hardaway is a prosperous and growing city that faces the same economic and social challenges that confronts people everywhere.

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