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eral Andrew Jackson, afterwards President of the 

 United States; lands hilly to mountainous; and vary- 

 in texture; some timber left; coal deposits numerous; 

 land adapted to live stock and fruit; county seat, McKee, 

 population 146. 



JEFFEBSON COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 232,549; 1910, 262,920; per cent, in- 

 crease 13.1. Assessed acreage of land 185,127 (United 

 States census 247,680). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $209,852,360. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $17,165,040. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $92.72 (United States census $90.40). 

 Eailroads, B. & O.-S. W. .92, C. I. & L. 1.12, I. C. 20.55, 

 L. H. & St. L. 11.50, L. & N. 43.834, L. & I. 69.497, L. & 

 S. Indiana Traction Co. .134, Penn. Terminal By. 9.72, 

 Sou. By. in Kentucky 21.387, total mileage 182.212; lo- 

 cated in the north middle section of thei State, and on the 

 Ohio Biver ; formed in 1780, and named for Thomas Jef- 

 ferson, afterwards President of the United States, and 

 with Fayette and Lincoln counties originally comprised 

 the whole of Kentucky, then a county of Virginia; lands 

 mostly level; practically no timber; soil mostly adapted 

 to gardening; large quantities of onion sets and potatoes 

 produced in this county; county seat, Louisville, popula- 

 tion 223,928. Louisville is by far the largest city in Ken- 

 tucky; has a great many manufacturing establishments 

 and business interests; is known as the "Gateway of the 

 South"; the Kentucky State Fair is located here. 



JESSAMINE COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 11,925; 1910, 12,613; per cent, in- 

 crease 5.8. Assessed acreage of land 104,513 (United 

 States census 110,080). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $7,750,740. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $5,340,290. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $51.10 (United States census $68.03). 

 Bailroads, C, N. 0. & T. P. 15.94, Kentucky Traction & 

 Terminal Co. 5.93, L. & N. 17.33, total mileage 39.20; lo- 

 cated in the central portion of the State ; formed in 1798, 



