Harrodsburg, Kentucky
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 after | James Harrod |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bob Williams |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.94 sq mi (17.98 km2) |
| • Land | 6.92 sq mi (17.93 km2) |
| • Water | 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 837 ft (255 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 9,064 |
• Estimate (2024) | 9,491 |
| • Density | 1,309.6/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 |
| Website | harrodsburgcity.org |
Harrodsburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. 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, President Franklin D. Roosevelt honored it as the oldest permanent American settlement west of the Appalachians.