Harrodsburg, Kentucky Harrodsburg, Kentucky Location of Harrodsburg, Kentucky Location of Harrodsburg, Kentucky Harrodsburg is positioned in Kentucky Harrodsburg - Harrodsburg Show map of Kentucky State Kentucky Harrodsburg is a home rule-class town/city in Mercer County, Kentucky, in the United States.
Although Harrodsburg was formally established by the House of Burgesses after Boonesborough and was not incorporated by the Kentucky council until 1836, it is usually considered the earliest town/city in Kentucky and has been honored as the earliest permanent American settlement west of the Appalachians.
Fear of attacks from the Native Americans amid the American Revolutionary War left it one of only three settlements in Kentucky after 1777, along with Logan's Fort and Boonesborough.
Also known as Oldtown, Harrodstown was the first seat of Virginia's Kentucky (1776), Lincoln (1780), and Mercer (1785) counties upon their formations. It remains the seat of Mercer County in Kentucky.
The settlement was formally established by the Virginia council in 1785 as Harrodsburg. In 1789, it was titled the locale of the Kentucky Federal District Court. The Kentucky council incorporated Harrodsburg in 1836. During the Civil War, the town was pro-Confederate but Union control permitted the organization of the 19th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry at close-by Camp Harwood for a three-year enlistment commencing January 2, 1862, under the command of Col.
Following the Battle of Perryville, much of the town/city was converted into makeshift hospitals; 1600 sick and wounded Confederate soldiers were captured amid a raid by the 9th Kentucky Cavalry under Lt Col.
Louisville Southern Railway's assembly commenced in 1884 and ran from Louisville through Shelbyville and Lawrenceburg to Harrodsburg, which was reached in 1888.
Harrodsburg is positioned at 37 45 50 N 84 50 46 W (37.764019, -84.845974). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.3 sq mi (13.7 km2), all land.
127 runs North-South through Harrodsburg.
68 runs East-West through Harrodsburg, but U.S.
SR 152 also runs East-West through Harrodsburg.
These are the following routes that runs through Harrodsburg.
Harrodsburg is in the humid subtropical climate zone, although verging on a humid continental climate. Summers are hot and humid, and winters are cool with mild periods.
Average high is 87 F in July and August, the warmest months, with the average lows of 26 F in January, the coolest month.
Average annual rain is 45.73 inches (1,162 mm), with the wettest month being May, averaging 4.68 inches (119 mm). Climate data for Harrodsburg, Kentucky Average low C 3 2 2 7 12 17 19 18 15 8 4 1 8 The average homehold size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.91.
The age distribution was 25.1% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
Public education is provided by the Mercer County School District.
Harrodsburg Area Technology Center Mercer County Senior High School Mercer County Intermediate School Mercer County Elementary School Conover Education Center (Campbellsville University Branch) of Harrodsburg Hitachi Automotive Products is based in Harrodsburg Corning Incorporated has a plant positioned in Harrodsburg, which makes Gorilla Glass Beriah Magoffin, Governor of Kentucky (1859 1862) and namesake of Magoffin County, Kentucky Kentucky League of Cities.
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
"Harrodsburg, Kentucky".
Monthly Averages for Harrodsburg, Kentucky Retrieved on 2010-04-03 "Monthly Averages for Harrodsburg KY".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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