44 TwENTY-FlEST BlENNIAL RePOET 



improvements $1,774,629. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $9.28 (United States census $11.67). Eail- 

 roads, I. C, 2.69; L. H. & St. L., 22.70; total mileage 

 25.39; located in the northwestern portion of the State; 

 formed in 1823, and named for Captain James Meade; 

 land rolling to hilly ; not much timber ; a good fruit sec- 

 tion; county seat, Brandenburg, population 482. 



MENIFEE COUNTY. 



Population 6,818; 1910, 6,153; per cent, decrease 

 9.8. Assessed acreage of land 107,065 (United States 

 census 129,920). Total assessed valuation taxable prop- 

 erty $978,601. Assessed value of land with improve- 

 ments $492,208. Average assessed value of land per 

 acre $4.59 (United States census $5.74). Railroads C. 

 & 0. 6.31; located in the middle-eastern section of State; 

 formed in 1869, and named for Richard H. Menifee; 

 some timber left; lands level to mountainous; good live 

 stock section; county seat, Frenchburg, population 173. 



MERCER COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 14,426; 1910, 14,063; per cent, de- 

 crease 2.5. Assessed acreage of land 165,359 (United 

 States census 169,920). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $8,344,760. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $5,384,612. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $32.90 (United States census $41.94). Rail- 

 roads, C. N. 0. & T. P., 8.14; Sou. Ry. in Ky., 22.049; 

 total mileage 30.18 ; located in the central portion of the 

 State; formed in 1785, and named for General Hugh 

 Mercer; practically no timber left; a blue grass county; 

 land rolling ; fertile and well watered ; the annual grain, 

 live stock and Burley tobacco crops large; county seat, 

 Harrodsburg, population 3,147. 



METCALFE COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 9,988; 1910, 10,453; per cent in- 

 crease 4.7. Assessed acreage of land 145,850 (United 

 States census 193,920). Totgd assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $1,676,630. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $1,132,859. Average assessed value of 



