The city, as a public entity, must abide by certain standards to serve all its constituents
in a civil and unbiased manner. The city’s social media sites prohibit the posting of content and/or comments
containing any of the following:
1. Comments not topically related to the site or blog article being commented
upon.
2. Profane language or content.
3. Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates
discrimination based on race,
creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public
assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or
any other protected class status.
4. Sexual content or links to sexual content.
5. Solicitations of commerce.
6. Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity.
7. Threats of violence to public safety.
8. Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public.
9. Comments posted by automatic software programs.
10. Content that violates legal ownership interest of any other party. The city reserves the right to deny access to the city’s social media sites for any
individual who violates the city’s social media policy at any time and without prior
notice. This page is for City Announcements and Information only. If you have questions or comments please direct them to City Hall, the Mayor or your Commissioners. Please contact City Hall - 859-734-2383 for Commissioners Contact Information. Harrodsburg, the county seat of Mercer County, was founded in 1774 by a stalwart band of pioneers led by James Harrod, of Pennsylvania. It was the only "colonial" city and the first permanent English settlement west of the Allegheny mountains. Referred to as the "Birthplace of the West," Harrodsburg has a proud and remarkable heritage. From here the pioneers filtered through - conquering the wilderness and going on to populate and settle the rest of the Western frontier. Harrodsburg was first the county seat of Fincastle County, Virginia, then Kentucky County Virginia. When Kentucky County was divided into the counties of Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln, Harrodsburg was the county seat of Lincoln County, which at that time covered over a third of the soon to be state. In 1785 Mercer County was taken from Lincoln and Harrodsburg remained the county seat of Mercer County. The Kentucky territory became a state in 1792.
