Harrodsburg, Indiana

Harrodsburg
census-designated place
Harrodsburg
Coordinates: 39°00′48″N 86°32′42″W / 39.01333°N 86.54500°W / 39.01333; -86.54500Coordinates: 39°00′48″N 86°32′42″W / 39.01333°N 86.54500°W / 39.01333; -86.54500
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Monroe
Township	Clear Creek
Elevation	558 ft (170 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	691
ZIP code	47403
FIPS code	18-32170[1]
GNIS feature ID	435809[2]

Harrodsburg is an unincorporated census-designated place in Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana. Its population was 691 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Harrodsburg is located at 39°00′48″N 86°32′42″W / 39.01333°N 86.54500°W / 39.01333; -86.54500.

History

Harrodsburg was platted in 1836.^[3][4]

Harrodsburg Community Center, 1002 W. Popcorn Road

Harrodsburg Community Center

The Harrodsburg Community Building, built in 1992, is a central site for community events and public meetings. It also serves as a polling place for the Clear Creek 3 precinct.^[5] Funds to maintain the center are raised in part from the annual Heritage Days Festival.^[6]

Attractions and community events

Harrodsburg Heritage Days Festival is a free-admission event held annually in May.^[7]

From 1981 to 2013, the Harrodsburg Haunted House was a popular attraction in Monroe County, running weekends throughout October. Clear Creek Township Trustee Thelma Kelley Jeffries attributed the closing to increasing "government and state permits and laws" required for operation.^[8]

References

1. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ↑ "Harrodsburg, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-17. 
3. ↑ History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. 1914. p. 435. 
4. ↑ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. p. 523. 
5. ↑ "Polling location changes for several Bloomington precincts," Herald Times GovTracker.
6. ↑ "Harrodsburg Heritage Days Festival", Visit Indiana.com.
7. ↑ 2013 Indiana Festival Guide, Indiana State Festival Association, p. 20.
8. ↑ "Harrodsburg Haunted House Closing After This Season," WBIW.com, May 5 2013.

Municipalities and communities of Monroe County, Indiana, United States County seat: Bloomington City Bloomington Towns Ellettsville Stinesville Townships Bean Blossom Benton Bloomington Clear Creek Indian Creek Perry Polk Richland Salt Creek Van Buren Washington CDPs Harrodsburg Smithville-Sanders Other unincorporated communities Arlington Broadview Cascade Chapel Hill Clear Creek Dolan Elwren Forest Park Heights Garden Acres Handy Hindustan Kirby Kirksville Knight Ridge Lancaster Park Leonard Springs Marlin Hills Modesto Mount Tabor New Unionville Sanders Smithville Stanford Sunny Slopes Unionville Van Buren Park Victor West Brook Downs Woodville Hills Yellowstone

External links

• Harrodsburg in the Indiana Memory Digital Collections
• Harrodsburg Heritage Days Association
• Harrodsburg Haunted House