Mercer County, Kentucky places and people

Mercer County, Kentucky Basics:

Mercer County Kentucky - Government Site

Population: 21,336
Area: 249 square miles
County seat: Harrodsburg
Area code(s) in use: 859
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%
Median household income: $44,431
Persons in poverty: 16.6%
Home ownership rate: 74.1%
Mean travel time to work: 24.9 minutes

Adjacent counties:
Anderson Boyle Garrard Jessamine Washington Woodford

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Map of the Mercer County area

Our detail map of Mercer County shows the Mercer County, Kentucky boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Mercer County, Kentucky

Airports show all on map

Harold Reynolds Airport, Harrodsburg-Mercer County Airport

Bends show all on map

Bridges show all on map

Brooklyn Bridge, Kissing Bridge

Buildings show all on map

Burgin Fire Department, Cornishville Fire Department, Dixville Volunteer Fire Department, Harrodsburg Fire Department, Mercer Central Fire Department, Mercer County Emergency Medical Services, Mercer County Fire Protection District Station 12 McAfee, Mercer County Fire Protection District Station 3 Cornishville Storage, Mercer County Fire Protection District Station 6 Burgin Storage, Salvisa Fire Department, Terrapin Fire Station

Cemeteries show all on map

Adkinson Cemetery, Berea Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, Bethel Church Cemetery, Burgin Cemetery, Burgin Memorial Gardens, Carpenter Cemetery, Cog Hill Cemetery, Deep Creek Cemetery, Ebenezer Church Cemetery, Grapevine Cemetery, Hawkins Cemetery, Hopewell Church Cemetery, Kirkwood Cemetery, Mayo Church Cemetery, Mount Hebron Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, New Providence Cemetery, Oakland Cemetery, Patterson Family Cemetery, Proctor Cemetery, Robinson Road Cemetery, Rose Grove Cemetery, Saint Nicholas Cemetery, Sallee Cemetery, Spring Hill Cemetery

Census show all on map

Salvisa Census Designated Place

Churches show all on map

Antioch United Methodist Church (historical), Benton Church, Berea Church, Bethel Church, Braxton Baptist Church (historical), Bruners Chapel, Calvary Church, Deep Creek Baptist Church, Ebenezer Church of Christ (historical), Grapevine Church, Hopewell Baptist Church, Joseph Chapel Methodist Church, Kirkwood Baptist Church, Laurel Hill Church (historical), Mount Hebron United Methodist Church, Mount Zion Church (historical), Mud Meetinghouse, New Providence Church, New Providence Presbyterian Church (historical), Oakland Methodist Church (historical), Petersburg Church (historical), Pioneer Church, Salem Church (historical), Shakertown Church, Shawnee Run Baptist Church, Soul Sleepers Church (historical), Unity Church

Crossings show all on map

Cogers Ferry (historical), Cummins Ferry (historical), Shaker Ferry (historical), Warwick Ferry (historical)

Dams show all on map

Dix Dam, Lock Number 6

Hospitals show all on map

James B Haggin Memorial Hospital

Locales show all on map

Ashleys Camp, Barney V Brewer Mill (historical), Bradshaws Camp, Brewers Mill (historical), Burgin Railroad Station (historical), Cane Run Camp, Chimney Rock Camp, Curry Railroad Station (historical), Daniel Brewers Mill (historical), Forsythe Mill (historical), Hagers Camp, Harrodsburg Junction (historical), Jackson Railroad Station (historical), John W. Finnells Mill (historical), Judd Siding, Kingfish Camp, McAfee Railroad Station (historical), McAfee Station (historical), Mercer County Alms House (historical), Mercer County Fairgrounds, Mundys Ferry (historical), Rose Camp, Rose Hill, Salvisa Railroad Station (historical), Vanarsdell Railroad Station (historical), Verchamp Railroad Station (historical)

Military show all on map

National Guard Armory Harrodsburg

Parks show all on map

Old Fort Harrod State Park, Salt River Park, Young Park

Populated Places show all on map

Battle (historical), Bellevue (historical), Bohon, Bondville, Braxton, Bruners Chapel (historical), Burgin, Bushtown, Bushtown, Cane Hurst (historical), Cornishville, Cummins Ferry (historical), Curry (historical), Deep Creek, Dixville, Dugansville, Duncan, Dunnlora (historical), Ebenezer, Edgewood (historical), Fairview (historical), Grapevine (historical), Harrodsburg, Hickory Grove (historical), Hilltop (historical), Jackson, Kirkwood, Laurel Hill (historical), Liberty (historical), Lucto (historical), Lucton (historical), Lynnwood (historical), Maple Lawn (historical), Maplewood (historical), Mayo, McAfee, McGary Station (historical), Nevada, Oakland (historical), Oregon, Perryville Tollgate (historical), Riverview Estates, Salvisa, Shakertown, Shawnee Run (historical), Stewart, Stringtown, Talmage, Terrapin, Vanarsdell, Wilson Station (historical), Woodlawn (historical)

Post Offices show all on map

Alford Post Office (historical), Bac Post Office (historical), Bestonia Post Office (historical), Bohon Post Office (historical), Bondville Post Office (historical), Braxton Post Office (historical), Cane Run Post Office (historical), Cornishville Post Office (historical), Counter Post Office (historical), Dix River Post Office (historical), Dugansville Post Office (historical), Duncan Post Office (historical), Ebenezer Post Office (historical), Floyd Post Office (historical), Kirkwood Post Office (historical), Mayo Post Office (historical), McAfee Post Office (historical), Nevada Post Office (historical), Pleasant Hill Post Office (historical), Rose Hill Post Office (historical), Stewart Post Office (historical), Talmage Post Office (historical), Vanarsdell Post Office (historical)

Schools show all on map

Black School, Burgin Independent Schools, Cornishville School (historical), Fairview School (historical), McAfee School, Moores School (historical), Rose Hill High School, Salvisa School, Shakertown School

Springs show all on map

Cove Spring, Fountaine Bleau, Shawnee Run Spring, Shawnee Springs, The Big Spring

Streams show all on map

Cane Run, Carmichael Branch, Cedar Branch, Deep Creek, Dix River, Dry Fork, East Fork Town Creek, Fallis Run, Goose Creek, Grapevine Creek, Hayden Creek, Indian Creek, Johnsons Creek, Landing Run, Little Indian Creek, Lyons Branch, Phil Williams Run, Russell Branch, Shaker Creek, Shawnee Run, Spring Branch, Town Creek, Trace Branch, Walkers Branch, Wilson Creek

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Towers show all on map

WHBN-AM (Harrodsburg), WHBN-FM (Harrodsburg),

Mercer County, Kentucky Population By Race (2012 estimate)
Race	Population
White	19,991
Black	810
Mixed	362
Asian	106
American Indian	64
Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	21

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