Churches in Hardee County
Hardee County, Florida has 48 churches in the Churches List directory, 0 of them verified and 7 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 64 congregations and 16,242 adherents across 22 religious bodies in the county. That is 641 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 25,330 people.
Religious bodies in Hardee County (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Baptist Convention | 20 | 5,968 | 235.6 |
| Catholic Church | 2 | 4,246 | 167.6 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 9 | 1,904 | 75.2 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 2 | 482 | 19.0 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | 5 | 449 | 17.7 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 2 | 439 | 17.3 |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church | 2 | 404 | 15.9 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 1 | 395 | 15.6 |
| United Methodist Church | 3 | 324 | 12.8 |
| Assemblies of God | 3 | 262 | 10.3 |
| Primitive Baptists Associations | 2 | 244 | 9.6 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. | 3 | 240 | 9.5 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (25,330). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Notable churches in Hardee County
№ 01
Chester Grove Baptist Church
Northside Baptist Church
Faith Assembly of God
San Alfonso
Church of God
Will Duke Road Church of Christ
Church of the Nazarene
Lord's Church of Wauchula
Faith Presbyterian Church
Wauchula Spanish Seventh-Day Adventist Church
First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church
Cities and towns in Hardee County
Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (16) · Church of God (5) · Catholic (4) · Methodist (4) · United Methodist (3) · Church of Christ (3) · Foursquare (3) · Assemblies of God (2) · Seventh Day Adventist (2) · Episcopal (1)
Researching ancestors from Hardee County?
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Florida counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Hardee County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
Disaster history of Hardee County
FEMA has issued 36 disaster declarations covering Hardee County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2025. The most frequent cause: hurricane (16 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
How this county page is assembled
Directory listings are mapped to Hardee County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.