page_title: Mercer County, Kentucky
hierarchical_section_title: Mercer County, Kentucky
caption_attribution_description: English: Mercer County Courthouse in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, now demolished in favor of the construction of a new courthouse. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Harrodsburg Downtown Historic District. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 80001657
context_page_description: Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 21,331. Its county seat is Harrodsburg. The county was formed from Lincoln County, Virginia in 1785 and is named for Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer, who was killed at the Battle of Princeton in 1777.
  It is a prohibition or dry county, though the city of Harrodsburg allow the sale of alcohol by the drink and in package stores. Beer and wine are also available for sale in grocery stores in the city of Harrodsburg. Pleasant Hill allows the sale of alcohol by the drink. In Kentucky this is referred to as being a "moist" county; wet counties sell package liquor, wine and beer, dry counties sell no alcoholic beverages, while "moist" counties serve only by the drink, primarily in restaurants. Boyle County immediately to the south along US Hwy 127, is wet, with two large liquor outlet stores, plus several smaller, privately owned ones.
context_section_description: Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 21,331. Its county seat is Harrodsburg. The county was formed from Lincoln County, Virginia in 1785 and is named for Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer, who was killed at the Battle of Princeton in 1777.
  It is a prohibition or dry county, though the city of Harrodsburg allow the sale of alcohol by the drink and in package stores. Beer and wine are also available for sale in grocery stores in the city of Harrodsburg. Pleasant Hill allows the sale of alcohol by the drink.  In Kentucky this is referred to as being a "moist" county; wet counties sell package liquor, wine and beer, dry counties sell no alcoholic beverages (legally), while "moist" counties serve only by the drink, primarily in restaurants. Boyle County (Danville) immediately to the south along US Hwy 127, is wet, with two large liquor outlet stores, plus several smaller, privately owned ones.
caption: Mercer County Courthouse in Harrodsburg
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