Harlan, Kentucky Harlan, Kentucky Harlan, Kentucky in 2015.
Harlan, Kentucky in 2015.
Location of Harlan, Kentucky Location of Harlan, Kentucky County Harlan Harlan is a home rule-class town/city in and the governmental center of county of Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The populace was 1,745 at the 2010 census.
Harlan is one of three Kentucky county seats to share its name with its county, the the rest being Greenup and Henderson.
The fifth and present courthouse of Harlan, Kentucky, assembled from 1918 to 1922.
Harlan was first settled by Samuel and Chloe Howard in 1796.
Upon the beginning of Harlan County (named for Kentucky pioneer Silas Harlan) in 1819, the Howards donated 12 acres (49,000 m2) of territory to serve as the county seat. The improve there was already known as Mount Pleasant, apparently owing to a close-by Indian mound.
A postal service was established on September 19, 1828, but called Harlan Court House due to another Mt.
Humphrey Marshall occupied the town; the small-town postmaster retitled the improve Spurlock after himself; and, in October 1863, the courthouse was burnt down in reprisal for the Union destruction of the courthouse in Lee County, Virginia. In 1865, the postal service was retitled Harlan and, although the improve was formally incorporated by the state assembly as Mount Pleasant in on April 15, 1884, the town was already usually called Harlan Court House or Harlan Town by its inhabitants. The city's terms of incorporation were amended to change the name to Harlan on March 13, 1912.
One year before, the L&N had appeared in Harlan and prompted massive growth.
Harlan is the site of a criminal case in which a man, Condy Dabney, was convicted in 1924 of murdering a person who was later found alive. Route 421 from downtown; the flood wall and Harlan Independent Schools' athletic fields are also visible.
Harlan is positioned at 36 50 29 N 83 19 12 W (36.841487, -83.320066). According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Harlan has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Harlan High School and Middle School are visible on the left.
Two school districts, the Harlan County Public Schools and the Harlan Independent Schools, are based in the city.
The autonomous schools, whose precinct roughly coincides with the town/city limits of Harlan, feature Harlan Elementary, Harlan Middle, and Harlan High.
Harlan County High School, which opened in 2008 as the consolidation of the county district's three previous high schools (James A.
Harlan also features a ground of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College.
Radio stations serving Harlan are WHLN (adult contemporary, 1410 AM), WFSR (gospel, 970 AM) and WTUK (country, 105.1 FM).
Some storylines of the FX Networks drama Justified take place in Harlan, although no scenes have been filmed there.
The 2012 13 National Geographic series "Kentucky Justice" which followed the Harlan County Sheriff's Office in their daily duties was filmed in Harlan and Harlan County.
Harlan was also featured in the Darrell Scott song "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" (later performed by Brad Paisley, and Patty Loveless), the Steve Earle song "Harlan Man", the Anna Mc - Garrigle song "Goin' Back to Harlan" (notably veiled by Emmylou Harris), the song "Harlan County Line" from Dave Alvin and "Midnight Cruiser" by Steely Dan.
Karl Spillman Forester federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky Climate Summary for Harlan, Kentucky Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harlan, Kentucky.
Municipalities and communities of Harlan County, Kentucky, United States County seats in Kentucky
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