Harrod’s Fort

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defensive outpost frontier fort pioneer settlement

Harrod’s Fort was an 18th-century pioneer settlement and defensive outpost that became the nucleus of what is now Harrodsburg, Kentucky, one of the earliest permanent European-American communities in the state.

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Label	Occurrences
Harrod’s Fort canonical	1

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defensive outpost ⓘ frontier fort ⓘ pioneer settlement ⓘ
category	Colonial American frontier fort ⓘ Pre-statehood history of Kentucky ⓘ
coordinateLocation	37.762°N 84.843°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
foundedBy	James Harrod ⓘ
hasPart	blockhouses ⓘ cabins ⓘ stockade ⓘ
hasRole	nucleus of Harrodsburg, Kentucky ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
inception	1774 ⓘ
locatedIn	Harrodsburg, Kentucky ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Mercer County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInFormerEntity	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Virginia (before Kentucky statehood)
locatedInTimePeriod	18th century ⓘ
namedAfter	James Harrod ⓘ
presentLocation	Old Fort Harrod State Park ⓘ
reconstructedAs	replica fort at Old Fort Harrod State Park ⓘ
significantEvent	early permanent European-American settlement in Kentucky ⓘ
significantFor	being among the earliest permanent European-American communities in Kentucky ⓘ
usedFor	defense against Native American attacks ⓘ pioneer settlement ⓘ

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Harrodsburg, Kentucky → foundedAs → Harrod’s Fort ⓘ