Harrodsburg, Kentucky

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Harrodsburg, Kentucky is a historic small city recognized as the oldest permanent English settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains and a key community in central Kentucky.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
county seat
areaCode 859
areaLandSqMi 6.9
areaTotalSqMi 6.9
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
countySeatOf Mercer County, Kentucky NERFINISHED
describedAs oldest permanent English settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains
elevationFt 781
FIPSCode 21-34850
founded 1774
foundedAs Harrods Town
Harrodstown
Harrod’s Fort
Oldtown
foundedBy James Harrod NERFINISHED
GNISFeatureID 0492820
hasEducationalInstitution Mercer County Senior High School
hasHistoricDistrict Beaumont Avenue Residential District
Downtown Harrodsburg Historic District
surface form: "Harrodsburg Commercial Historic District"
hasHistoricSite Fort Harrod
Old Fort Harrod State Park
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
hasLocalGovernmentType home rule-class city
hasNearbyEducationalInstitution Berea College
surface form: "Berea College (regional)"

Campbellsville University – Harrodsburg
incorporated 1836
listedOn National Register of Historic Places
surface form: "National Register of Historic Places (multiple properties)"
locatedIn Mercer County, Kentucky NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedSouthOf Lexington, Kentucky
namedAfter James Harrod NERFINISHED
near Danville, Kentucky
partOf Kentucky Bluegrass region
surface form: "Bluegrass region"
populationCensus2010 8340
populationEstimate2020 approximately 9000
postalCode 40330
region Central Kentucky
surface form: "central Kentucky"
servedByHighway Kentucky Route 152
U.S. Route 127 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 68 NERFINISHED
slogan Birthplace of the West
state Kentucky

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Mercer County, Kentucky hasCity Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Central Kentucky hasMajorCity Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Mercer County, Kentucky largestCity Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill nearestCity Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Mercer County, Kentucky seat Harrodsburg, Kentucky