Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Coordinates: 37°45′56″N 84°50′51″W / 37.76556°N 84.84750°W / 37.76556; -84.84750
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Harrodsburg, Kentucky
FIPS code
21-34966
GNIS feature ID2403806[2]
Websiteharrodsburgcity.org

Harrodsburg is a

2020 census
.

Although Harrodsburg was formally established by the Virginia

Appalachians.[6]

History

18th century

Harrodstown (sometimes Harrod's Town) was laid out and founded by James Harrod on June 16, 1774.[7][8] Harrod led a company of adventurers totaling 31 men, beginning in the spring of 1774 at Fort Redstone in Pennsylvania[9] down the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers in canoes and through a series of other rivers and creeks to the town's present-day location.[10]

Later that same year, amid

Lincoln (1780), and Mercer (1785) Counties upon their formations.[13] It remains the seat of Mercer County in Kentucky.[14]

A census taken between Dec. 16, 1777, and Oct. 16, 1778,

David Glenn, who later travelled further west and settled in Yellow Banks (present Daviess County).[16] David Glenn, along with his brother Thomas, and Silas Harlan, with his brother James, had accompanied Harrod on his initial expedition in 1774.[10]

The settlement was formally established by the

United States District Court for the District of Kentucky by the Judiciary Act of 1789.[17]

19th century

The Kentucky General Assembly incorporated Harrodsburg in 1836.[5]

During the

9th Kentucky Cavalry under Lieutenant Colonel John Boyle on October 10, 1862. The city then remained under martial law for the remainder of the war.[13]

The

Cincinnati Southern's Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway CNO&TP mainline. Now all run and are operated by Norfolk Southern Railway.[18]

20th century

Pioneer Memorial Park (now Old Fort Harrod State Park) was opened on June 16, 1927. In 1936, President

Franklin Delano Roosevelt honored the city with a monument honoring the "first permanent settlement west of the Appalachians".[13]

Company D of the 192nd Tank Battalion in the Battle of Bataan was from Harrodsburg.[19]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.3 sq mi (13.7 km2), all land.

Transportation

KY 152 also runs east–west through the area.[citation needed
]

Climate

Harrodsburg is in the humid subtropical climate zone, although verging on a humid continental climate.[20] 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. The highest recorded temperature was 105 °F in September 1954. The lowest recorded temperature was −18 °F in January 1985. Average annual precipitation is 45.73 inches (1,162 mm), with the wettest month being May, averaging 4.68 inches (119 mm).[21]

Climate data for Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °F 41 46 56 66 74 82 86 85 79 68 56 44 65
Mean daily minimum °F 24 27 34 44 54 63 67 65 57 46 36 28 45
Average precipitation inches 3.36 3.52 4.28 3.81 4.68 4.29 4.56 3.85 3.09 2.95 3.45 3.89 45.73
Mean daily maximum °C 5 8 13 19 23 28 30 29 26 20 13 7 18
Mean daily minimum °C −4 −3 1 7 12 17 19 18 14 8 2 −2 7
Average precipitation mm 85 89 109 97 119 109 116 98 78 75 88 99 1,162
Source:
The Weather Channel[22]

Demographics

Mercer County Courthouse, 2006
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1800122—
1810313156.6%
18301,051—
18401,25419.3%
18501,48118.1%
18601,66812.6%
18702,20532.2%
18802,202−0.1%
18903,23046.7%
19002,876−11.0%
19103,1479.4%
19203,76519.6%
19304,0297.0%
19404,67316.0%
19505,26212.6%
19606,06115.2%
19706,74111.2%
19807,2657.8%
19907,3351.0%
20008,0149.3%
20108,3404.1%
20209,0648.7%
2022 (est.)9,149[23]0.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[24][failed verification] 2020[25]

As of the

Hispanics or Latinos were 3.7% of the population.[26] The population density
was 1,309.6/sq mi (505.6/km2) with 4,128 housing units. had an average density of 699.1/sq mi (269.9/km2).

Of the 4,088 households, 27.1% had children under 18 living with them, 31% were married couples living together, 33.1% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 31.4% were male householders with no spouse present. About 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.16, and the average family size was 3.16.[27]

In 2021, the city's age distribution was 20.6% under 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 7.7%% from 25 to 29, and 25.9% who were 60 or older. The median age was 39.5 years.[28] Female persons comprised 48.7 percent of residents in 2020.[29]

The median income for a household in the city was

poverty line, including 20.8% of those under age 18 and 21.6% of those age 65 or over.[30]

Education and libraries

Primary and secondary education

Public education is provided by the

Mercer County School District. The Harrodsburg Independent Schools, which operated Harrodsburg High School, merged into the Mercer County Schools in 2006. These schools located are within the Mercer County district:[31]

  • Harrodsburg Area Technology Center
  • Mercer County Senior High School
  • Kenneth D. King Middle School
  • Mercer County Intermediate School
  • Mercer County Elementary School
  • Harlow Early Learning Center

Higher education

Harrodsburg's Beaumont Inn (1917–present) was known as the Christian Baptist School (1830–1833), Greeneville Institute (1841–1856), Daughters' College (1856–1893),[8] Young Ladies College (1893–1894), Beaumont College (1895–1915), and Daughters' College (1916), prior to becoming Beaumont Inn.[32]

Campbellsville University established a branch campus at the Conover Education Center in 2016.[33]

Libraries

Harrodsburg has a lending library, the Mercer County Public Library.

Economy

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Harrodsburg, Kentucky
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Mercer County". National Association of Counties. NACO. 2023. Archived from the original on May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Harrodsburg, Kentucky". Accessed 30 July 2013.
  6. ISBN 978-0-8131-1772-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
    )
  7. ^
    ISBN 0813126312
    . Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  8. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Harrodsburg" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 27.
  9. ISBN 978-0-8131-2621-0
    .
  10. ^ a b c d Collins, Lewis (1877). Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky. Richard H. Collins. pp. 517, 624.
  11. ^ Charleston, Max (September 1929). "The Oldest Town in Kentucky". Mercer Online. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  12. ^ Collins, Robert F. (1975). A History of the Daniel Boone National Forest, 1770-1970. Lexington, KY: U.S.D.A. Forest Service, [Southern Region]. p. 38.
  13. ^
    ISBN 0-8131-1772-0
    .
  14. ^ "Mercer County". March 25, 2023.
  15. ISBN 0813126312
    .
  16. ^ History of Daviess County, Kentucky. Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, Biographies of Representative Citizens. And an Outline History of Kentucky. Chicago Inter-State Publishing Co. 1883. pp. 54, 556.
  17. ^ "Statutes at Large, 1st Congress, 1st Session". A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774–1875. Library of Congress. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  18. ^ Museum, La Grange Railroad. "LA GRANGE RAILROAD MUSEUM". LA GRANGE RAILROAD MUSEUM. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  19. ^ Life Magazine 1942
  20. ^ How Stuff Works Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Map of American climate zones. Retrieved on 2010-04-03
  21. ^ Monthly Averages for Harrodsburg, Kentucky Retrieved on 2010-04-03
  22. The Weather Channel. Archived from the original
    on May 22, 2011.
  23. ^ "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.
  24. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  25. ^ "U.S Census Bureau". United States Census Bureau. April 1, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  26. ^ "U.S. Census website". Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  27. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  28. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  29. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Harrodsburg city, Kentucky". www.census.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  30. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  31. ^ Mercer County School District Archived 2010-04-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2010-05-04
  32. ^ "History of Beaumont Inn". beaumontinn.com. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  33. ^ Peek, Kendra (July 29, 2017). "Campbellsville University holds groundbreaking for expansion of Harrodsburg campus". The Advocate-Messenger. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  34. ISBN 9781473542549
    .

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