Harrodsburg was originally known as "Newgene", and under the latter name was platted in 1836.[5][6] The post office at Harrodsburg has been in operation since 1840.[7]
Geographyedit
Harrodsburg Community Center, 1002 W. Popcorn Road
Harrodsburg is located in southern Monroe County. It is bordered to the east by Indiana State Road 37, which leads north 12 miles (19 km) to Bloomington, the county seat, and south 12 miles (19 km) to Bedford.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Harrodsburg CDP has a total area of 4.35 square miles (11.27 km2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2), or 0.83%, are water.[1] The town is drained by Clear Creek, a southeast-flowing tributary of Salt Creek, which continues south to the East Fork of the White River near Bedford.
Harrodsburg Community Centeredit
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.[8] Funds to maintain the center are raised in part from the annual Heritage Days Festival.[9]
Attractions and community eventsedit
Harrodsburg Heritage Days Festival is a free-admission event held annually in May.[10]
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.[11]
^History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. 1914. pp. 435.
^Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 523.
^"Monroe County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
^"Polling location changes for several Bloomington precincts," Herald Times GovTracker.
^"Harrodsburg Heritage Days Festival" 2014-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Visit Indiana.com.
^2013 Indiana Festival Guide, Indiana State Festival Association, p. 20.
^"Harrodsburg Haunted House Closing After This Season," WBIW.com, May 5, 2013.
^"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
External linksedit
Harrodsburg in the Indiana Memory Digital Collections
Harrodsburg Haunted House
February 08, 2024
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