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HICKMAN COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 11,745; 1910, 11,750; per cent, in- 

 crease less than 1/10 ot Ifo. Assessed acreage of land 

 137,059 (United States census 144,000). Total assessed 

 valuation taxable property $4,451,060. Assessed value 

 of land with improvements $2,666,502. Average assessed 

 value of land per acre $19.43 (United States census 

 $31.04). Eailroads, I. C. 17.16, Mobile & Ohio 17.052, St. 

 Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern 1.18, total mileage 

 35.392; located in the extreme western portion of the 

 State; formed in 1821, and named for Captain Paschal 

 Hickman; land mostly level; little timber left; much 

 overflow land in this county ; soil fertile, and adapted to 

 gardening ; the principal cotton county in the State ; the 

 yield is said to be the highest per acre of any county in 

 the United States, and of great value in the production 

 of cotton seed; county seat, Hickman, population 1,497. 



HOPKINS COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 30,995; 1910, 34,291; per cent, in- 

 crease 10.6. Assessed acreage of. land 363,945 (United 

 States census 349,440). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $7,080,550. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $3,145,951. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $8.64 (United States census $20.28). 

 Eailroads, I. C. 22.26, L. & N. 77.20, total mileage 99.46 ; 

 located west of the central portion of the State ; formed 

 in 1806, and named for General Samuel Hopkins ; lands 

 vary in texture ; surface level to hilly; timber mostly cut; 

 coal interests large; grain and dark tobacco produced; 

 cou*ity seat, Madisonville, population 4,966. 



JACKSON COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 10,561; 1910, 10,743; per cent, in- 

 crease 1.6. Assessed acreage of land 196,906 (United 

 States census 213,120). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $1,827,230. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $1,357,209. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $6.89 (United States census $5.08). 

 Railroads (none in county) ; located east of the central 

 section of the State ; formed in 1858, and named for Gen- 



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