Harrodstown

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Harrodstown was the original pioneer settlement that later became Harrodsburg, recognized as one of the earliest permanent European-American communities in Kentucky.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former populated place
historic settlement
pioneer settlement
associatedWithEvent early settlement of Kentucky frontier
associatedWithPerson James Harrod
early Kentucky pioneers
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentStatus no longer exists as a separate settlement name
establishedAsSettlement 1774
ethnicContext European-American settlement
founder James Harrod
hasOriginalFunction defensive outpost
pioneer community center
hasSettlementType fortified station
frontier fort
historicalEra American Revolutionary era
surface form: American Revolutionary period

Colonial America
languageOfName English
laterKnownAs Harrodsburg, Kentucky
surface form: Harrodsburg
locatedIn Kentucky
Mercer County, Kentucky NERFINISHED
locatedInHistoricalRegion Ohio County, Virginia
surface form: Kentucky County, Virginia
locatedInRegion Central Kentucky
surface form: central Kentucky
namedAfter James Harrod
oneOf earliest permanent European-American communities in Kentucky
partOf American frontier
predecessorOf city of Harrodsburg, Kentucky
replacedBy Harrodsburg, Kentucky
significance among first permanent white settlements west of the Allegheny Mountains
early base for exploration and settlement of Kentucky

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Harrodsburg, Kentucky foundedAs Harrodstown