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Mercer County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,772. [1] Its county seat is Harrodsburg. [2] The county was formed from Lincoln County, Virginia in 1785 [3] and is named for Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer, who was killed at the Battle of Princeton in ...
Lincoln County and Mercer County: John Boyle, Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (1810–26) 30,988: 182 sq mi (471 km 2) Bracken County: 023: Brooksville: 1796: Mason County and Campbell County: William Bracken, trapper and frontiersman 8,426: 203 sq mi (526 km 2) Breathitt County: 025: Jackson: 1839: Clay County, Perry County and ...
In 2019, the Kentucky Supreme Court created a Business Court Docket Pilot project in the Jefferson County Circuit Court, effective January 1, 2020. [1] Circuit judges serve in eight-year terms. There are 57 circuits, which may have one or more judges, depending on the population and docket size.
The federal courthouse at Covington, Kentucky. The United States District Court for the District of Kentucky was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. [1] [2] At the time, Kentucky was not yet a state, but was within the territory of the state of Virginia. The District was ...
Harrodsburg is a home rule-class city in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.It is the seat of its county. [4] The population was 9,064 at the 2020 census.. Although Harrodsburg was formally established by the Virginia House of Burgesses after Boonesborough and was not incorporated by the Kentucky legislature until 1836, [5] it was honored by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the oldest ...
Buildings and structures in Mercer County, Kentucky (5 C, 3 P) E. Education in Mercer County, Kentucky (1 C, 2 P) G. Geography of Mercer County, Kentucky (3 C, 1 P) P.
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The county court continued to meet at Fort Harrod (now Harrodsburg) until 1785, when Mercer County was established. By 1786 Stanford had received its charter, making it one of the first towns in the former (1776–1780) Kentucky County, Virginia, with a formal charter. In 1787 the courthouse opened in a building made of logs.