40 Twenty-First Biennial Eepoet 



LOGAN COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 25,994; 1910, 24,977; per cent._ de- 

 crease 3.9. Assessed acreage of land 328,976 (United 

 States census 411,520). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $6,208,175. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $3,670,165. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $11.16 (United States census $19.68). 

 Railroads, L. & N. 58.94 ; located in the southern part of 

 the State ; formed in 1792, and named for General Ben- 

 jamin Logan; practically all the timber cut; land usu- 

 ally level ; rich loam, with I'ed clay sub-soil ; splendid all 

 around agricultural county; county seat, Russellville, 

 population 3,111. 



LYON COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 9,319; 1910, 9,423; per cent, in- 

 crease 1.1. Assessed acreage of land 145,884 (United 

 States census 177,280). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $1,834,387. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $1,066,749. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $7.31 (United States census $10.79). 

 Railroads, I. C. 14.57 ; located in the western part of the 

 State ; formed in 1854, and named for Crittenden Lyon ; 

 land more or less rolling; county touched by both the 

 Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers; some rich bottom 

 lands ; not a great deal of timber left ; grain crops and 

 dark tobacco produced; considerahle attention paid to 

 live stock and poultry; county seat, Eddyville, popula- 

 tion 1,442 ; at Eddyville is located the State Penitentiary. 



MADISON COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 25,607 ;. 1910, 26,951 ; per cent, in- 

 crease 5.2. Assessed acreage of land 260,193 (United 

 States census 285,440). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $13,768,600. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $6,678,950. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $33.35 (United States census $41.62). Rail- 

 roads, L. & N., 66.95; located in the central portion of 

 State; formed in 1786, and named for James Madison, 

 later President of the United States; a blue grass 

 county; land rolling; not much timber; a splendid all- 



