About Burgin, Kentucky
Burgin is a small community located in Mercer County at the junction of KY 33 and KY 152 approximately four miles east of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. The site at the head of the Cane Run branch of the Dix River was originally known as Cane Run. In 1874, the Cincinnati Southern Railroad obtained a right-of-way from Temple Burgin and opened Burgin Station. The town was established in 1877 and was incorporated the following year. The post office opened as Bergen in 1877 and changed to the current spelling in 1886.
In 1990, the population of Burgin was approximately 1009 consisting of approximately number of 410 families. Burgin is positioned 37.75 degrees north of the equator and 84.76 degrees west of the prime meridian. The city comprises a land area of 2.887 sq. kilometers.
The distance from Burgin to Washington DC is approximately 450 miles. The distance to the Kentucky state capital is 30 miles, as the crow flies.
About Bluegrass Region of Kentucky and Mercer County
The Bluegrass region of Kentucky is located near the center of the state and is bordered by the Ohio River in the north and west and a ring of hills known as the Knobs in the west, south, and east. It consists of a rolling plateau that becomes more rugged near the edges. The underlying limestone is often visible at the surface in road cuts and where eroded by streams, most dramatically in the Kentucky River Palisades. This same material was and is still used to construct the many stone fences located throughout the state. Some of these fences can be seen at Shakertown of Pleasant Hill located on US 68 approximately 6 miles east of Harrodsburg.
DeBolt Farm Fall '00 Located in Mercer County
The region is named for Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), which has been extensively used in pastures here. The details of the introduction of bluegrass to the area are obscure, but it is probably of Eurasian origin and arrived in central Kentucky before the first European settlers.
Mercer County was formed in 1786. It is located in the area known as the Bluegrass Region of the state. The county ranges in elevation from 483 to 1000 feet above sea level. In 1990, the county population was 19,148 in a land area of 250 square miles, an average of 76.6 people per square mile.
Harrodsburg, the seat of Mercer County, is located south of the center of the county at the junction of US 68 and US 127. The town was originally founded by James Harrod in 1774 and named Harrod's Town or Harrodstown making it one of the oldest, if not the oldest, Anglo-American town in Kentucky. It was the seat of Kentucky County, Virginia when it was formed in 1776, then the seat of Lincoln County, formed in 1780, and remained the county seat when Mercer County was formed in 1785. The Harrodsburgh post office, probably the second in Kentucky, opened in 1794 and its spelling was changed to Harrodsburg in 1894. The population in 1990 was 7,335.
