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land per acre $8.20 (United States census $8.60). Eail- 

 roads, Caney Valley, 12.80 ; Morehead & North Fork E. 

 E., 9.50; Ohio & Kentucky Eailroad 4.94; total mileage 

 27.24; located in the eastern portion of the State; formed 

 in 1822, and named for General Daniel Morgan; some 

 timber; lands hilly; devoted to the production of grain 

 crops and live stock; county seat. West Liberty, popula- 

 tion 442. 



MUHLENBEEG COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 20,741; 1910, 28,598; per cent, in- 

 crease 37.9. Assessed acreage of land 334,856 (United 

 States census 302,080). Total assessed valuation taxable 

 property $4,277,999. Assessed value of land with im- 

 provements $2,140,044. Average assessed value of land 

 per acre $6.38 (United States census $11.72). Eailroads, 

 i. C, 26.05; Kentucky Midland E. E., 9.11; L. & N., 40.08; 

 total mileage 75.24; located in the south-central portion 

 of the State; formed in 1798, and named for Peter 

 Muhlenberg; but little timber left; lands hilly; is in the 

 western coal field; land devoted to the production of 

 grain and live stock; county seat, Greenville, population 

 1,604. 



NELSON COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 16,587; 1910, 16,830; per cent, in- 

 crease 1.5. Assessed acreage of land 246,756 (United 

 States census 263,040). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $7,814,640. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $4,275,753. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $17.73 (United States census $20.76). Eail- 

 roads, L. & N., 54.62 ; located in the central portion of the 

 State; formed in 1784, and named for Thomas Nelson, 

 ex-Governor of Virginia; land rolling to hilly; practi- 

 cally no timber; part of the county in the blue grass re- 

 gion, and part in the pennyroyal region; live stock in- 

 dustry is large ; a good dairy section ; grain and tobacco 

 crops raised in large quantities ; county seat, Bardstown, 

 population 2,126. 



