Mercer County, Kentucky

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county in Kentucky

Mercer County, Kentucky is a historic rural county in central Kentucky known for its role in early American frontier history and its small-town communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county in Kentucky →
borderedBy Anderson County, Kentucky →
Boyle County, Kentucky →
Garrard County, Kentucky →
Jessamine County, Kentucky →
Washington County, Kentucky →
Woodford County, Kentucky →
contains Herrington Lake NERFINISHED →
Kentucky River shoreline →
Old Fort Harrod State Park →
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill →
country United States of America →
surface form: United States
economyType rural →
established 1785 →
FIPSCode 21-167 →
GNISID 0512410 →
governingBody Mercer County Fiscal Court →
hasCity Burgin, Kentucky →
Harrodsburg, Kentucky →
hasFeature historic architecture →
limestone hills →
rolling farmland →
hasHistoricCommunity Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill →
hasHistoricSite Beaumont Inn →
Downtown Harrodsburg Historic District →
hasIndustry agriculture →
manufacturing →
hasPostalAbbreviation KY →
hasUnincorporatedCommunity Cornishville, Kentucky →
McAfee, Kentucky →
Salvisa, Kentucky →
Terrapin, Kentucky →
hasWaterBody Herrington Lake NERFINISHED →
Kentucky River →
knownFor early American frontier history →
historic small-town communities →
largestCity Harrodsburg, Kentucky →
locatedIn Upper South →
surface form: Interior Upland South

United States South →
central Kentucky →
namedAfter Hugh Mercer →
partOf Kentucky Bluegrass region →
surface form: Bluegrass region of Kentucky

United States Census Bureau metropolitan statistical area of Danville micropolitan region →
seat Harrodsburg, Kentucky →
state Kentucky →
timeZone Eastern Time Zone →

Referenced by (8)

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

Woodford County, Kentucky → borderedBy → Mercer County, Kentucky →
Franklin County, Kentucky → borders → Mercer County, Kentucky →
Jessamine County, Kentucky → borders → Mercer County, Kentucky →
Boyle County, Kentucky → formedFrom → Mercer County, Kentucky →
Boyle County, Kentucky → hasBorderWith → Mercer County, Kentucky →
Central Kentucky → includesCounty → Mercer County, Kentucky →
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill → locatedIn → Mercer County, Kentucky →
Hugh Mercer → namesake → Mercer County, Kentucky →