Mercer County, Kentucky

Founding: 1786
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

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. Fountain Blue / Robert Boise Farm (1817). 2609 Bohon Road. Federal. Razed.
2. Ephraim Cunningham Farm (1848). 510 Bondville Road. Gothic Revival/Greek Revival.
3. Benjamin Daniel Farm (c. 1800). 700 Bruce Morgan Road.
4. Woodlawn / John Smith Farm (1848/1900s). 1710 Burgin Road. Greek Revival.
5. Glenworth / Robert Davis Farm (1848). 781 Buster Pike. Greek Revival.
6. Bachelor's Barter / 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. Shawnee Springs / George Thompson Farm (c. 1790/1840). 765 Curry Pike. Greek Revival. Razed.
10. Abram 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. Bellevue / John Bowman Farm (c. 1800/1820). 847 Kennedy Bridge Road. Federal.
16. Mooreland / Daniel Moore House (1891). 712 Lexington Road. Romanesque.
17. Benjamin Roach House (c. 1830/1920). 912 Lexington Road. Classical Revival.
18. Freeman Acres / Henry Coleman 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. Walnut Hall / David Thompson Farm (c. 1850). 664 Mundy's Landing Road. Greek Revival.
22. Warwick / Moses Jones House (c. 1810). 1533 Oregon Road. Federal.
23. Lynnwood / 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.

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