Mercer County, Kentucky

Founding: 1785
Parent county: Lincoln

Namesake: Hugh Mercer, Continental Army general
Seat: Harrodsburg (1785–)

Land area: 249 square miles

Population (2020): 22,641

Population (historic): 7,091 (1790); 17,694 (1830); 13,701 (1860); 14,426 (1900); 14,471 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1840; 1870–1890; 1910s; 1930–1950; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP

National Register listings: 71

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,650 (16.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 19.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,239
Average outbuilding value (1930): $963
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,065
Average farm size (1920): 63.7 acres
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Harrodsburg

Namesake: James Harrod, American frontiersman

Founding: 1774 (platting); 1794 (post office); 1836 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 9,064

Population (historic): 122 (1800); 1,254 (1840); 2,205 (1870); 2,876 (1900); 4,029 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1870; 1880s; 1900–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 789 (20.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Robert Boise Farm (1817). 2609 Bohon Road. Federal. Razed.
2. *Cunningham Farm (1848). 510 Bondville Road. Gothic Revival/Greek Revival.
3. *Benjamin Daniel Farm (c. 1800). 700 Bruce Morgan Road.
4. *John Smith Farm (1848/1900s). 1710 Burgin Road. Greek Revival.
5. *Robert Davis Farm (1848). 781 Buster Pike. Greek Revival.
6. *Samuel Taylor Farm (c. 1790/1815). 500 Chatham Road. Federal.
7. *William Baldin Farm (c. 1850). 1178 Cummins Ferry Road. Gothic Revival/Greek Revival.
8. *Wildwood / William Goddard Farm (c. 1870). 388 Curry Pike. Italianate.
9. *George Thompson Farm (c. 1790/1840). 765 Curry Pike. Greek Revival. Razed.
10. *Bonta House (1881). 1512 Danville Road. Italianate.
11. *Dutch Reformed Church (1800). 730 Dry Branch Road.
12. *Millwood / Abraham Brewer House (c. 1795/1826). 393 Garriott Road. Federal.
13. *Burford Hill / John Bridges House (c. 1820). 721 North Greenville Street. Federal.
14. *John McGee Farm (c. 1790). 685 Jackson Pike.
15. *John Bowman Farm (c. 1800/1820). 847 Kennedy Bridge Road. Federal.
16. *Mooreland / Daniel Moore House (1891). 712 Lexington Road. Richardsonian Romanesque.
17. *Benjamin Roach House (c. 1830/1920). 912 Lexington Road. Classical Revival.
18. Farm (c. 1910). 1561 Lexington Road. Classical Revival.
19. *West Lot Shaker Dwelling (c. 1820). 3107 Lexington Road. Federal.
20. *New Providence Presbyterian Church (1862–1865). 3301 Louisville Road. Greek Revival.
21. *David Thompson Farm (c. 1850). 664 Mundy's Landing Road. Greek Revival.
22. *Warwick / Moses Jones House (c. 1810). 1533 Oregon Road. Federal.
23. *Abram Bowman Farm (1850). 1378 Shakertown Road. Greek Revival.
24. *John McAfee Farm (c. 1795). 705 Talmage–Mayo Road.
25. *George McAfee Farm (c. 1800). 760 Talmage–Mayo Road.
26. *Ambrose Burton House (c. 1800). 560 Unity Pike.
27. *Forsythe House (c. 1830). 603 Van Arsdall Road. Greek Revival.
28. *Nathaniel Burrus Farm (c. 1830). 955 Van Arsdall Road. Federal.