Harrods Town

E301147

former populated place frontier settlement

Harrods Town was an early frontier settlement in what is now Kentucky, established in the 18th century and later developed into the city of Harrodsburg.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Harrods Town canonical	1
Harrod’s Town settlement	1

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former populated place ⓘ frontier settlement ⓘ
coordinateLocation	near present-day Harrodsburg, Kentucky ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developedInto	Harrodsburg, Kentucky ⓘ surface form: Harrodsburg
dissolvedOrAbolished	18th century (as it evolved into Harrodsburg) ⓘ
ethnicGroupInEarlySettlement	Euro-American pioneers ⓘ
follows	earlier temporary hunting camps in Kentucky ⓘ
foundedBy	James Harrod ⓘ
foundedInCentury	18th century ⓘ
hasCapital	none ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole	early Kentucky pioneer settlement ⓘ precursor to Harrodsburg ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Harrodsburg, Kentucky ⓘ surface form: Harrodsburg
hasTypeOfGovernment	frontier settlement governance ⓘ
heritageDesignation	one of the earliest permanent white settlements in Kentucky ⓘ
inception	1774 ⓘ
locatedIn	Kentucky ⓘ Mercer County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Kentucky ⓘ surface form: central Kentucky
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Virginia (before Kentucky statehood)
locatedOn	near Salt River watershed (Kentucky) ⓘ
namedAfter	James Harrod ⓘ
partOf	American frontier ⓘ Trans-Appalachian West ⓘ surface form: Trans-Appalachian frontier Virginia ⓘ surface form: Virginia (former jurisdiction)
significantEvent	American Revolutionary War era frontier activity ⓘ early permanent settlement in Kentucky ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harrodsburg, Kentucky → foundedAs → Harrods Town ⓘ

Fort Harrod → commemorates → Harrods Town ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harrod’s Town settlement