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Encyclopedia Britannica



HARRODSBURG

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 27 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HAN-HEG
HARRODSBURG , a city and the county-seat of Mercer county, Kentucky, U.S.A., 32 M. S. of Frankfort, on the Southern railway. Pop. (18go) 3230; (1900) 2876, of whom 1150 were negroes; (1910 U.S.
census
 ) 3147. On account of its
sulphur
  springs Harrodsburg became early in the 19th century a fashion-able resort, and continues to attract a considerable number of visitors. The city is the seat of Harrodsburg
Academy
 , Beaumont College for women (1894; founded as Daughters' College in 1856) ; and Wayman College (
African
  M.E.) for negroes. Among its manufactures are flour,
whisky
 , dressed lumber and ice. About 7 M. E. of Harrodsburg is Pleasant Hill, or
Union
 
Village
 , a summer resort and the
home
 , since early in the 19th century, of a Shaker community. Harrodsburg was founded on the 16th of June 1774 by James Harrod (17461793) and a few followers, and is the oldest permanent
settlement
  in the state. It was incorporated in 1875. Harrodsburg was formerly the seat of
Bacon
  College (see LEXINGTON, Kentucky).


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