Harlan, Kentucky
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Harlan is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 1,745 at the 2010 census, down from 2,081 at the 2000 census.
Harlan in 2015
The fifth and present courthouse of Harlan, Kentucky, built from 1918 to 1922
A view of U.S. Route 421 from downtown; the flood wall and Harlan Independent Schools' athletic fields are also visible.
Downtown Harlan during the annual Poke Sallet Festival
Harlan County, Kentucky
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Harlan County is a county located in southeastern Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,831. Its county seat is Harlan. It is classified as a moist county—one in which alcohol sales are prohibited, but containing a "wet" city—in this case Cumberland, where package alcohol sales are allowed. In the city of Harlan, restaurants seating 100+ may serve alcoholic beverages.
Harlan County courthouse in Harlan
Harlan County Courthouse
Franklin D. Roosevelt in Harlan County, 1908
Black Mountain