Stringtown

Stringtown is a hamlet in Mercer, Kentucky. Stringtown is situated nearby to the hamlet Riverview Estates, as well as near the village Burgin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beriah Magoffin Monument and Old Fort Harrod State Park.

Beriah Magoffin Monument

Memorial

Photo: FloNight, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Beriah Magoffin Monument, in Spring Hill Cemetery of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, commemorates Beriah Magoffin, who was governor of Kentucky when the Civil War started.

Old Fort Harrod State Park is a park located in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in the United States. The park encompasses 15 acres and features a reconstruction of Fort Harrod, the first permanent American settlement in the state of Kentucky. Old Fort Harrod State Park is situated 1½ miles southwest of Stringtown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harrodsburg and Burgin.

Harrodsburg

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Harrodsburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 9,064 at the 2020 census. Although Harrodsburg was formally established by the Virginia House of Burgesses after Boonesborough and was not incorporated by the Kentucky legislature until 1836, President Franklin D.

Burgin

Village

Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 4.0.

Burgin is a home rule-class city in Mercer County, Kentucky, in the United States. Its population was 979 at the 2020 census. Burgin is situated 3½ miles southeast of Stringtown.

McAfee

Hamlet

McAfee is an unincorporated community located in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office is closed. It was also called Chaplin. McAfee is situated 6 miles north of Stringtown.

Stringtown

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Mercer, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.77341° or 37° 46′ 24″ north

Longitude

-84.82328° or 84° 49′ 24″ west

Elevation

886 feet (270 metres)

Open location code

869QQ5FG+9M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153913842

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4309980

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