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Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 20,817. Its county seat is Harrodsburg[1]. The county is named for General Hugh Mercer.
[edit] HistoryPleasant Hill is the site of a former Shaker community. With regard to the sale of alcoholic beverages, Mercer is a dry county that prohibits the sale of alcohol for off-premises consumption. However, its residents consider it to be a moist county. The Kentucky Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control officially calls it a "limited county", reserving the term "moist" for dry counties that contain a "wet" city that allows alcohol sales for off-premises consumption. The city of Harrodsburg, although dry for off-premises sale, allows restaurants that seat at least 100 diners and derive at least 70% of their sales from food (i.e., not from alcoholic beverages) to sell alcohol by the drink. In addition, the precinct that includes the Pleasant Hill site has approved the sale of alcohol by the drink at Pleasant Hill, specifically in the on-site restaurant. [edit] GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 253 square miles (656 km²), of which, 251 square miles (650 km²) of it is land and 2 square miles (6 km²) of it (0.87%) is water. In 1774, Mercer County became Kentucky's first establishment. [edit] Adjacent counties
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There were 8,423 households out of which 31.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.80% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.30% were non-families. 25.10% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.93. The age distribution was 24.40% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 29.10% from 25 to 44, 24.50% from 45 to 64, and 14.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.70 males. The median income for a household in the county was $35,555, and the median income for a family was $43,121. Males had a median income of $33,657 versus $22,418 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,972. About 10.00% of families and 12.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.40% of those under age 18 and 12.00% of those age 65 or over. [edit] Cities and towns[edit] Law and Government
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