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Harlan County administrative offices are located at 519 South Main Street, Harlan, KY 40831; phone: 606-573-4464.
The county was established in 1819 from part of Knox County. It is named fro Silas Harlan, a West Virginian who served in the Continental Army with the rank of Major during the Revolutionary War. [source: wikipedia.org, accessed August, 2016]