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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_K%C5%ABn_(Kentucky)" title="Mercer Kūn (Kentucky) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Mercer Kūn (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8A%D1%80_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BA%D0%B8)" title="Мърсър (окръг, Кентъки) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мърсър (окръг, Кентъки)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_County,_Kentucky" title="Mercer County, Kentucky – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Mercer County, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Kentucky)" title="Mercer County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Kentucky) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Mercer County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_County_(Kentucky)" title="Mercer County (Kentucky) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mercer County (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_County,_Kentucky" title="Mercer County, Kentucky – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Mercer County, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_County,_Kentucky" title="Mercer County, Kentucky – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Mercer County, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_County_(Kentucky)" title="Mercer County (Kentucky) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mercer County (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merceri_maakond_(Kentucky)" title="Merceri maakond (Kentucky) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Merceri maakond (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%9C%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%81_(%CE%9A%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B9)" title="Κομητεία Μέρσερ (Κεντάκι) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Μέρσερ (Κεντάκι)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Mercer_(Kentucky)" title="Condado de Mercer (Kentucky) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Mercer (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Mercer_(Kentukio)" title="Kantono Mercer (Kentukio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Mercer (Kentukio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_konderria_(Kentucky)" title="Mercer konderria (Kentucky) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mercer konderria (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="شهرستان مرسر، کنتاکی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان مرسر، کنتاکی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Mercer_(Kentucky)" title="Comté de Mercer (Kentucky) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Mercer (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%B1_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%8A)" title="مرسر ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="مرسر ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A8%B8%EC%84%9C%EA%B5%B0_(%EC%BC%84%ED%84%B0%ED%82%A4%EC%A3%BC)" title="머서군 (켄터키주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="머서군 (켄터키주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%A5%D6%80_%D5%B7%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6_(%D4%BF%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF%D5%AB)" title="Մերսեր շրջան (Կենտուկի) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մերսեր շրջան (Կենտուկի)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF,_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF" title="মারর্সের কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মারর্সের কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Mercer_(Kentucky)" title="Contea di Mercer (Kentucky) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Mercer (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_megye_(Kentucky)" title="Mercer megye (Kentucky) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Mercer megye (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C)" title="مرسر شهرستان (کنتاکی) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="مرسر شهرستان (کنتاکی)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_G%C3%B4ng_(Kentucky)" title="Mercer Gông (Kentucky) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Mercer Gông (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_County_(Kentucky)" title="Mercer County (Kentucky) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Mercer County (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E9%83%A1_(%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E5%B7%9E)" title="マーサー郡 (ケンタッキー州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マーサー郡 (ケンタッキー州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B8)" title="Мерсер (гуо, Кентукки) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Мерсер (гуо, Кентукки)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_County_(Kentucky)" title="Mercer County (Kentucky) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Mercer County (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%8C_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%B9%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="مرسر کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="مرسر کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_County_(Kentucky)" title="Mercer County (Kentucky) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Mercer County (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Mercer_(Kentucky)" title="Hrabstwo Mercer (Kentucky) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Mercer (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Mercer_(Kentucky)" title="Condado de Mercer (Kentucky) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Mercer (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Mercer,_Kentucky" title="Comitatul Mercer, Kentucky – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Mercer, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Mercer County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mercer_County_Courthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mercer County Courthouse in Harrodsburg"><img alt="Mercer County Courthouse in Harrodsburg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Mercer_County_Courthouse.jpg/300px-Mercer_County_Courthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Mercer_County_Courthouse.jpg/450px-Mercer_County_Courthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Mercer_County_Courthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="502" data-file-height="328" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Mercer County Courthouse in Harrodsburg</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location within the U.S. state of Kentucky"><img alt="Map of Kentucky highlighting Mercer County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg/450px-Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg/600px-Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2708" data-file-height="1166" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location within the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kentucky_in_United_States.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kentucky's location within the U.S."><img alt="Map of the United States highlighting Kentucky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kentucky_in_United_States.svg/300px-Kentucky_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kentucky_in_United_States.svg/450px-Kentucky_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kentucky_in_United_States.svg/600px-Kentucky_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Kentucky's location within the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Mercer_County,_Kentucky&params=37.8_N_84.88_W_type:city(22641)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°48′N</span> <span class="longitude">84°53′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.8°N 84.88°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.8; -84.88</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Kentucky.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1785</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Mercer" title="Hugh Mercer">Hugh Mercer</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harrodsburg,_Kentucky" title="Harrodsburg, Kentucky">Harrodsburg</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data">Harrodsburg</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">253 sq mi (660 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">249 sq mi (640 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">4.5 sq mi (12 km<sup>2</sup>)  1.8%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">22,641</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">23,097 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">89/sq mi (35/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Kentucky's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mercercounty.ky.gov">www<wbr />.mercercounty<wbr />.ky<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mercer County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> located in the central part of the <a href="/wiki/U.S." class="mw-redirect" title="U.S.">U.S.</a> <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth of Kentucky">Commonwealth of Kentucky</a>. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, the population was 23,772.<sup id="cite_ref-QF_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Harrodsburg,_Kentucky" title="Harrodsburg, Kentucky">Harrodsburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county was formed from <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln County, Virginia">Lincoln County, Virginia</a> in 1785<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is named for <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a> <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Mercer" title="Hugh Mercer">Hugh Mercer</a>, who was killed at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Princeton" title="Battle of Princeton">Battle of Princeton</a> in 1777.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was formerly a prohibition or <a href="/wiki/Dry_county" title="Dry county">dry county</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercer_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Harrodsburg,_Kentucky" title="Harrodsburg, Kentucky">Harrodsburg</a> was the first city formally chartered in <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_County,_Virginia" title="Kentucky County, Virginia">Kentucky County</a>, the Virginia district that later became the <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union" title="List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union">15th state</a>. It was originally the county seat of Lincoln County when it was formed in 1780, but it became the seat of Mercer County when it was created. </p><p>Pleasant Hill, also known as <a href="/wiki/Shakertown" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakertown">Shakertown</a>, is the site of a former <a href="/wiki/Shakers" title="Shakers">Shaker</a> community, active especially in the years before the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. It is a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a> District, consisting of more than 30 historic buildings. The district also includes acres of farm and parkland. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, the county was divided in sentiment. <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> control permitted the organization 2 Union regiments, the <a href="/wiki/19th_Regiment_Kentucky_Volunteer_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="19th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry">19th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry</a> and the <a href="/wiki/11th_Regiment_Kentucky_Volunteer_Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry">11th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry</a>. However, many county men also served in the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Confederate Army">Confederate Army</a>. The 19th Kentucky Infantry (Union) was organized at <b>Camp Harwood</b> for a three-year enlistment commencing January 2, 1862, commanded <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(U.S.)#19th_century" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel (U.S.)">Col</a>. <a href="/wiki/William_J._Landram" title="William J. Landram">William J. Landram</a>. Companies A, C, D, and F of the 11th Kentucky Cavalry (Union) were organized at Harrodsburg in July 1862. The remainder of the regiment was organized in Louisville, Kentucky, and mustered in for three years on September 26, 1862, under the Colonel Alexander W. Holeman. Following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Perryville" title="Battle of Perryville">Battle of Perryville</a>, much of Harrodsburg and surrounding towns were converted into makeshift hospitals; 1600 sick and wounded Confederate soldiers were captured during a raid in Harrodsburg by the <a href="/wiki/9th_Kentucky_Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="9th Kentucky Cavalry">9th Kentucky Cavalry</a> on October 10, 1862. The city then remained under martial law for the remainder of the war.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Louisville_Southern_Railroad" title="Louisville Southern Railroad">Louisville Southern Railroad</a> reached Harrodsburg in 1888. Louisville Southern Railway's construction commenced in 1884 and ran from Louisville through Shelbyville and Lawrenceburg to Harrodsburg, which was reached in 1888. The rail yard and station were located at the corner of Office Street and Merimon Avenue. A spur was later constructed from the station to Burgin, where the Louisville Southern joined the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Southern" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati Southern">Cincinnati Southern</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_New_Orleans_and_Texas_Pacific_Railway" title="Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway">Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway</a> CNO&TP mainline which runs through the eastern part of the country from <a href="/wiki/High_Bridge_of_Kentucky" title="High Bridge of Kentucky">High Bridge of Kentucky</a> to Burgin to Danville was opened in 1877. Now all run and operated by <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern_Railway" title="Norfolk Southern Railway">Norfolk Southern Railway</a>. </p><p>Company D of the <a href="/wiki/192nd_Tank_Battalion" title="192nd Tank Battalion">192nd Tank Battalion</a>, which took part in the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bataan" title="Battle of Bataan">Battle of Bataan</a> was from Harrodsburg.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercer_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 253 square miles (660 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 249 square miles (640 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 4.5 square miles (12 km<sup>2</sup>) (1.8%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mercer County is located in central Kentucky in the <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_region" title="Bluegrass region">Bluegrass region</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercer_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Kentucky" title="Anderson County, Kentucky">Anderson County</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodford_County,_Kentucky" title="Woodford County, Kentucky">Woodford County</a> (northeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessamine_County,_Kentucky" title="Jessamine County, Kentucky">Jessamine County</a> (east)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrard_County,_Kentucky" title="Garrard County, Kentucky">Garrard County</a> (southeast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyle_County,_Kentucky" title="Boyle County, Kentucky">Boyle County</a> (south)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Kentucky" title="Washington County, Kentucky">Washington County</a> (west)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercer_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output 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.us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">1790</a></th><td>7,091</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>9,646</td><td></td><td>36.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>12,630</td><td></td><td>30.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>15,587</td><td></td><td>23.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>17,694</td><td></td><td>13.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>18,720</td><td></td><td>5.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>14,067</td><td></td><td>−24.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>13,701</td><td></td><td>−2.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>13,144</td><td></td><td>−4.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>14,142</td><td></td><td>7.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>15,034</td><td></td><td>6.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>14,426</td><td></td><td>−4.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>14,063</td><td></td><td>−2.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>14,795</td><td></td><td>5.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>14,471</td><td></td><td>−2.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>14,629</td><td></td><td>1.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>14,643</td><td></td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>14,596</td><td></td><td>−0.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>15,960</td><td></td><td>9.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>19,011</td><td></td><td>19.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>19,148</td><td></td><td>0.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>20,817</td><td></td><td>8.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>21,331</td><td></td><td>2.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>22,641</td><td></td><td>6.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">23,097</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2022_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2022-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>2.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010-2020<sup id="cite_ref-QF_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of 2000, there were 20,817 people, 8,423 households, and 6,039 families residing in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 83 per square mile (32/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 9,289 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile (14/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 94.00% <a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White</a>, 3.69% <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">Black or African American</a>, 0.21% <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a>, 0.47% <a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian</a>, 0.03% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander American">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.63% from <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States Census">other races</a>, and 0.96% from two or more races. 1.27% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanics or Latinos</a> of any race. </p><p>There were 8,423 households, out of which 31.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.80% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.30% were non-families. 25.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.93. </p><p>By age, 24.40% of the population was under 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 29.10% from 25 to 44, 24.50% from 45 to 64, and 14.60% were 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.70 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>35,555, and the median income for a family was $43,121. Males had a median income of $33,657 versus $22,418 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $17,972. About 10.00% of families and 12.90% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 17.40% of those under age 18 and 12.00% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercer_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_G._Anderson" title="Ralph G. Anderson">Ralph G. Anderson</a>, founder Belcan Corporation, philanthropist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Coleman" title="Jacqueline Coleman">Jacqueline Coleman</a>, 58th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (2019- )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Thompson_Daviess" title="Maria Thompson Daviess">Maria Thompson Daviess</a> (1872–1924), author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Dunn_(American_football)" title="Jason Dunn (American football)">Jason Dunn</a>, National Football League player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Winfield_Huddleston" title="David Winfield Huddleston">David Winfield Huddleston</a>, Christian author and minister</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Jackson" title="Rachel Jackson">Rachel Jackson</a>, wife of President Andrew Jackson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_Wisebart_Jacobs" title="Frances Wisebart Jacobs">Frances Wisebart Jacobs</a>, philanthropist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_O%27Delia_Diss_Debar" title="Ann O'Delia Diss Debar">Ann O'Delia Diss Debar</a>, late 19th and early 20th century medium and criminal.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson_(defensive_end)" title="Dennis Johnson (defensive end)">Dennis Johnson</a>, National Football League player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Logan_(Kentucky)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Logan (Kentucky)">William Logan</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beriah_Magoffin" title="Beriah Magoffin">Beriah Magoffin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Governor of Kentucky">Governor of Kentucky</a> (1859 − 1862) and namesake of <a href="/wiki/Magoffin_County,_Kentucky" title="Magoffin County, Kentucky">Magoffin County, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Sullivan_(Kentucky_politician)" title="William Sullivan (Kentucky politician)">William Sullivan</a>, politician and lawyer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Burton_Thompson" title="John Burton Thompson">John Burton Thompson</a>, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Wilson_(pilot)" title="Al Wilson (pilot)">Al Wilson</a>, actor and stunt pilot</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Yeast" title="Craig Yeast">Craig Yeast</a>, National Football League player</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_and_government">Law and government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercer_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Law and government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td width="250"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/County_Judge/Executive" title="County Judge/Executive">County Judge/Executive</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>Sarah Steele</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Magistrate" title="Magistrate">County Magistrates</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>Dennis Holiday</li> <li>Tim Darland</li> <li>Jackie Claycomb</li> <li>Wayne Jackson</li> <li>Stephen "Pete" Elliott</li> <li>Donald Webb</li></ul> </td> <td width="250"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/County_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="County Attorney">County Attorney</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>Ted Dean</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Coroner" title="Coroner">County Coroner</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>Sonny Ransdell</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Sheriff" title="Sheriff">Sheriff</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>Ernie Kelty</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/County_Clerk" class="mw-redirect" title="County Clerk">County Clerk</a></dt></dl> <ul><li>Chris Horn</li></ul> <dl><dt>Circuit Clerk</dt></dl> <ul><li>Alison Buchanan</li></ul> </td> <td width="250"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/District_court" title="District court">District Court</a> Judge</dt></dl> <ul><li>Jeff Dotson</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Circuit_Courts" title="Kentucky Circuit Courts">Circuit Court</a> Judge</dt></dl> <ul><li>Darren Peckler</li></ul> <dl><dt>Family Court Judge</dt></dl> <ul><li>Bruce Petrie</li></ul> <dl><dt>Jailer</dt></dl> <ul><li>Brett Chamberlin</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Mercer County, Kentucky<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2024 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,826 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>74.54%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,838 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23.97% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">177 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2020 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,506 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>72.48%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,033 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">25.85% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">196 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.67% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2016 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,740 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>73.12%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,395 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22.63% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">450 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.25% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2012 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,820 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>68.62%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,966 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">29.84% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">153 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.54% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2008 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,781 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>67.41%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,159 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.40% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">120 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2004 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,745 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>67.26%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,224 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.15% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">59 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="2000 United States presidential election in Kentucky">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,362 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.12%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,092 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.82% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">178 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,264 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>44.82%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,179 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.66% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">839 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11.52% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1992 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,211 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>41.96%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,010 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.33% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,432 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">18.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1988 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,904 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.05%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,832 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.39% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">107 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1984 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,592 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.88%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,516 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.00% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">81 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1980 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,275 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.99% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,528 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.62%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">167 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1976 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,451 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40.91% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,411 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.94%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">129 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1972 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,575 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>66.08%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,707 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31.55% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">128 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.37% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1968 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,432 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>43.07%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,950 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.54% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,264 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">22.39% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,732 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32.57% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,564 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>67.03%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.39% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,569 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.81%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,713 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.19% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1956 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,168 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.23%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,767 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.49% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,545 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.91% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,740 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.58%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">27 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1948 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,599 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">35.97% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,682 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>60.34%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">164 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1944 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,039 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.62% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,086 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.97%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.41% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1940 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,845 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.73% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,606 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>65.92%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">19 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.35% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,161 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">36.97% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,659 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.59%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.44% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1932 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,950 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.94% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,759 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>65.43%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">36 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.63% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1928 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,462 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.76%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,140 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.17% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1924 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,715 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.62%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,698 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.31% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">59 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1920 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,786 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43.25% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,623 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.24%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">33 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1916 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,531 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41.84% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,093 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>57.20%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">35 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Kentucky" title="1912 United States presidential election in Kentucky">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">889 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27.00% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,792 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.43%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">611 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">18.56% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_attractions">Local attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercer_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Local attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Harrod" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Harrod">Old Fort Harrod State Park</a>, features a reconstruction of Fort Harrod, the first permanent settlement in the state of Kentucky.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Hill,_Kentucky" title="Pleasant Hill, Kentucky">Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Living_history" title="Living history">living history</a> museum.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herrington_Lake" title="Herrington Lake">Herrington Lake</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercer_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cities">Cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mercer_County,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burgin,_Kentucky" title="Burgin, Kentucky">Burgin</a></li> <li><a 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Kentucky">Harrodsburg</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Location of Mercer County, Kentucky"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg/200px-Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg/400px-Map_of_Kentucky_highlighting_Mercer_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2708" data-file-height="1166" /></span><figcaption>Location of Mercer County, Kentucky</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDP</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salvisa,_Kentucky" title="Salvisa, Kentucky">Salvisa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Other<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bondville,_Kentucky" title="Bondville, Kentucky">Bondville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bushtown_(east),_Kentucky" title="Bushtown (east), Kentucky">Bushtown (east)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bushtown_(west),_Kentucky" title="Bushtown (west), Kentucky">Bushtown (west)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornishville,_Kentucky" title="Cornishville, Kentucky">Cornishville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan,_Mercer_County,_Kentucky" title="Duncan, Mercer County, Kentucky">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer,_Mercer_County,_Kentucky" title="Ebenezer, Mercer County, Kentucky">Ebenezer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayo,_Kentucky" title="Mayo, Kentucky">Mayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McAfee,_Kentucky" title="McAfee, Kentucky">McAfee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oregon,_Kentucky" title="Oregon, Kentucky">Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Hill,_Kentucky" title="Pleasant Hill, Kentucky">Pleasant Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talmage,_Kentucky" title="Talmage, Kentucky">Talmage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">Ghost town</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hilltop,_Mercer_County,_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Hilltop, Mercer County, Kentucky">Hilltop</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Kentucky_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Kentucky (state)"><span>Kentucky portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Commonwealth_of_Kentucky" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" 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href="/wiki/Seal_of_Kentucky" title="Seal of Kentucky">seal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Kentucky" title="Flag of Kentucky">flag</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_theaters_in_Kentucky" title="List of theaters in Kentucky">Theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourism_in_Kentucky" title="Category:Tourism in Kentucky">Tourism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_Kentucky" title="Category:Tourist attractions in Kentucky">tourist attractions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Kentucky" title="Transportation in Kentucky">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Kentucky" title="Category:Kentucky">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Kentucky-related_articles" title="Index of Kentucky-related articles">Index</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Kentucky" title="Abortion in Kentucky">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kentucky" title="Culture of Kentucky">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Kentucky" title="Crime in Kentucky">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Kentucky" title="Demographics of Kentucky">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky#Economy" title="Kentucky">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Kentucky" title="Education in Kentucky">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Kentucky" title="Elections in Kentucky">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Kentucky" title="Gun laws in Kentucky">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="Homelessness in Kentucky">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Kentucky" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Kentucky">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky#Politics" title="Kentucky">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Kentucky" title="Sports in Kentucky">Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Kentucky" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Plateau" title="Allegheny Plateau">Allegheny Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_region" title="Bluegrass region">The Bluegrass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Kentucky_Coalfield" title="Eastern Kentucky Coalfield">Eastern Kentucky Coalfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Rim" title="Highland Rim">Highland Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knobs_region" title="Knobs region">The Knobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain">Mississippi Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Kentucky" title="Northern Kentucky">Northern Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennyroyal_Plateau" title="Pennyroyal Plateau">Pennyroyal Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Purchase" title="Jackson Purchase">The Purchase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Coal_Field" title="Western Coal Field">Western Coal Fields</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Kentucky" title="List of cities in Kentucky">25 largest<br /> cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green, Kentucky">Bowling Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owensboro,_Kentucky" title="Owensboro, Kentucky">Owensboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covington,_Kentucky" title="Covington, Kentucky">Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Kentucky" title="Richmond, Kentucky">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Kentucky" title="Georgetown, Kentucky">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Kentucky" title="Florence, Kentucky">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinsville,_Kentucky" title="Hopkinsville, Kentucky">Hopkinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholasville,_Kentucky" title="Nicholasville, Kentucky">Nicholasville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown,_Kentucky" title="Elizabethtown, Kentucky">Elizabethtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence,_Kentucky" title="Independence, Kentucky">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Kentucky" title="Henderson, Kentucky">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffersontown,_Kentucky" title="Jeffersontown, Kentucky">Jeffersontown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paducah,_Kentucky" title="Paducah, Kentucky">Paducah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radcliff,_Kentucky" title="Radcliff, Kentucky">Radcliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashland,_Kentucky" title="Ashland, Kentucky">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray,_Kentucky" title="Murray, Kentucky">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erlanger,_Kentucky" title="Erlanger, Kentucky">Erlanger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Kentucky" title="Winchester, Kentucky">Winchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madisonville,_Kentucky" title="Madisonville, Kentucky">Madisonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Washington,_Kentucky" title="Mount Washington, Kentucky">Mount Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Matthews,_Kentucky" title="St. Matthews, Kentucky">St. Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Kentucky" title="Danville, Kentucky">Danville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Metropolitan statistical area">Metropolitan<br />areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huntington%E2%80%93Ashland_metropolitan_area" title="Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_metropolitan_area,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green metropolitan area, Kentucky">Bowling Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville_metropolitan_area" title="Clarksville metropolitan area">Clarksville, TN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown_metropolitan_area" title="Elizabethtown metropolitan area">Elizabethtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evansville_metropolitan_area" title="Evansville metropolitan area">Evansville, IN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington%E2%80%93Fayette_metropolitan_area" title="Lexington–Fayette metropolitan area">Lexington–Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_metropolitan_area" title="Louisville metropolitan area">Louisville/Jefferson County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_metropolitan_area" title="Cincinnati metropolitan area">Northern Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owensboro_metropolitan_area" title="Owensboro metropolitan area">Owensboro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Kentucky" title="List of counties in Kentucky">Counties</a></th><td 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County, Kentucky">Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyle_County,_Kentucky" title="Boyle County, Kentucky">Boyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracken_County,_Kentucky" title="Bracken County, Kentucky">Bracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breathitt_County,_Kentucky" title="Breathitt County, Kentucky">Breathitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breckinridge_County,_Kentucky" title="Breckinridge County, Kentucky">Breckinridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bullitt_County,_Kentucky" title="Bullitt County, Kentucky">Bullitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler_County,_Kentucky" title="Butler County, Kentucky">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Kentucky" title="Caldwell County, Kentucky">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calloway_County,_Kentucky" title="Calloway County, Kentucky">Calloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Kentucky" title="Campbell County, Kentucky">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_County,_Kentucky" title="Carlisle County, Kentucky">Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Kentucky" title="Carroll County, Kentucky">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_County,_Kentucky" title="Carter County, Kentucky">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_County,_Kentucky" title="Casey County, Kentucky">Casey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Kentucky" title="Christian County, Kentucky">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Kentucky" title="Clark County, Kentucky">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Kentucky" title="Clay County, Kentucky">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Kentucky" title="Clinton County, Kentucky">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crittenden_County,_Kentucky" title="Crittenden County, Kentucky">Crittenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Kentucky" title="Cumberland County, Kentucky">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daviess_County,_Kentucky" title="Daviess County, Kentucky">Daviess</a></li> <li><a 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