Harrodsburg

Harrodsburg is a small city in Mercer County located in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky.

Understand
Harrodsburg, the first permanent English settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains, was the site of a fort built by James Harrod in 1775.

In 1805, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, or Shakertown, was founded when 44 converts to the Shaker religion signed a covenant agreeing to mutual support and the common ownership of property. Dissolved in 1910, it is now preserved as a restored historic landmark.

Get in
You'll almost certainly get to Harrodsburg by car.

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