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HARRODSBURG

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 27 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Mercer county, See also:Kentucky, U.S.A., 32 M. S. of See also:Frankfort, on the See also:Southern railway. Pop. (18go) 3230; (1900) 2876, of whom 1150 were negroes; (1910 U.S. See also:census) 3147. On See also:account of its See also:sulphur springs Harrodsburg became See also:early in the 19th See also:century a See also:fashion-able resort, and continues to attract a considerable number of visitors. The city is the seat of Harrodsburg See also:Academy, See also:Beaumont See also:College for See also:women (1894; founded as Daughters' College in 1856) ; and Wayman College (See also:African M.E.) for negroes. Among its manufactures are See also:flour, See also:whisky, dressed See also:lumber and See also:ice. About 7 M. E. of Harrodsburg is Pleasant See also:Hill, or See also:Union See also:Village, a summer resort and the See also:home, since early in the 19th century, of a Shaker community. Harrodsburg was founded on the 16th of See also:June 1774 by See also:James Harrod (1746–1793) and a few followers, and is the See also:oldest permanent See also:settlement in the See also:state. It was incorporated in 1875. Harrodsburg was formerly the seat of See also:Bacon College (see See also:LEXINGTON, Kentucky).

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