[2] Harts is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

[1] West Virginia Route 10 passes through the center of the community, following the Guyandotte River.

The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.36% White, 0.04% Native American, 0.17% Asian, and 0.42% from two or more races.

He was one of the area's most prominent landowners; Isaac Adkins Shoals are named for him.

During the Civil War, nearly all local men served in the Confederate States Army.

In November or December 1870, Henry S. Godby established Hearts Creek Post Office.

In 1877, merchant William T. "Bill" Fowler established Hart's Creek Post Office.

During the 1880s, the Lincoln County Feud occurred in Harts and garnered headlines in newspapers across the United States.

In 1916, Lewis Dempsey established Harts Post Office, which continues today.

It includes the following communities, many of which once had post offices which are now closed: Atenville, Bulwark, Enzelo, Ferrellsburg, Fourteen, Fry, Gill, Green Shoal, Halcyon, Harts, Leet, Rector, Sand Creek, Shively, Spottswood, Toney, Warren, and Whirlwind.

These various locations were populated by numerous families prior to 1840: Brumfield, Elkins, Gore, Adkins, Fry, Brown, Lucas, Spurlock, Toney, Vance, Workman, Conley, Rowe, Adams, Browning, Collins, Dingess, Dolen, Heart, Johnson, Lambert, Lilly, Perry, Tomblin, Hensley, Butcher, White, Mullins, Dalton, Thompson, Dempsey, Abbott, Blankenship, Butcher, Estep, Farley, Ferrell, Nester, Richards, Spears, Dial, Carter, and Farmer.