HARRODSBURG  , a

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