Harrodsburg, Kentucky | |
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 Downtown Harrodsburg, 2007 | |
 Location of Harrodsburg in Mercer County, Kentucky. | |
  Harrodsburg Location  Harrodsburg Harrodsburg (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°45′56″N 84°50′51″W / 37.76556°N 84.84750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Mercer |
| Founded | June 16, 1774 |
| Incorporated | March 1, 1836 |
| Named for | James Harrod |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Art Freeman |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.94 sq mi (17.98 km2) |
| • Land | 6.92 sq mi (17.93 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 837 ft (255 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 9,064 |
• Estimate (2022)[3] | 9,149 |
| • Density | 1,309.64/sq mi (505.63/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 40330 |
| Area code | 859 |
| FIPS code | 21-34966 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2403806[2] |
| Website | harrodsburgcity.org |
Harrodsburg is a home rule-class city in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county.[4] The population was 9,064 at the 2020 census.
Although Harrodsburg was formally established by the Virginia House of Burgesses after Boonesborough and was not incorporated by the Kentucky legislature until 1836,[5] it was honored by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the oldest permanent American settlement west of the Appalachians.[6]
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Harrodsburg, Kentucky
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ "Mercer County". National Association of Counties. NACO. 2023. Archived from the original on May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
- ^ Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Harrodsburg, Kentucky". Accessed 30 July 2013.
- ^ The Kentucky encyclopedia. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. 1992. p. 414. ISBN 978-0-8131-1772-0.