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Radcliff is a home rule-class city in Hardin County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 21,961 during the year 2000 U.S. Census. It is included in the Elizabethtown metropolitan area.Its economy is largely dominated by the adjacent army base Fort Knox and by nearby Elizabethtown. Radcliff's population previously fluctuated greatly depending on the deployments of the units at the base, but the BRAC reorganization and the quartering of the U.S. Army's Human Resources Command to Fort Knox has created a larger and more stable population.GeographyRadcliff is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.5sqmi, of which 11.5sqmi is land and 0.09% is water.The unincorporated community of Rogersville, named for a local family, extends beside Radcliff along US 31W and KY 447 and is usually considered a part of Radcliff.HistoryThe City of Radcliff has a population of approximately 22,000 citizens. Incorporated in 1956, Radcliff was actually established in 1919, when Horace McCullum subdivided lots along Wilson Avenue and sold them at auction to the highest bidder. McCullum named the new community after Major William Radcliffe, head of the Quartermaster Corps at the newly established Camp Henry Knox. After selling the general store which he had opened in the new town, McCullum no longer played a role in the development of the town.