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roads, C. & 0., 3.08; L. & N., 25.31; total mileage 28.39; 

 located in the nortk-central portion of the State ; formed 

 in 1798, and named for Edmond Pendleton, of Virginia; 

 lands level to hilly; not much timber left; alfalfa and 

 seed clover do well on the hills of this county; a great 

 deal of attention paid to the production of live stock and 

 tobacco; county seat, Falmouth, population 1,180. 



PEBEY COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 8,276; 1910, 11,255; per cent, in- 

 crease 36. Assessed acreage of land 477,700 (United 

 States census 214,400). Total assessed valuation taxable 

 property $3,378,841. Assessed value of land with im- 

 provements $2,351,976. Average assessed value of land 

 per acre $4.97 (United States census $7.13). Railroads, 

 L. & N., 40.39 ; located in the southeastern portion of the 

 State ; formed in 1820, and named for Commodore Oliver 

 Hazard Perry, of the United States navy; lands moun- 

 tainous and well timbered ; coal deposits very large ; not 

 much attention paid to farming; splendid fruit section; 

 county seat. Hazard, population 537. 



PIKE COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 22,686; 1910, 31,679; per cent, in- 

 crease 39.6. Assessed acreage of land 763,761 (United 

 States census 498,560). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $7,348,440. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $4,804,113. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $6.29 (United States census $8.82). Eail- 

 roads. Big Sandy & Cumberland Eiver, 8 ; C. & 0., 42.19 ; 

 Norfolk and Western Ey., 3.75 ; Sandy Valley & Elkhom, 

 23.78; Williamson & Pond Creek E. E., 11.93; total mile- 

 age 89.65 ; located in the extreme eastern portion of the 

 State; formed in 1821, and named for General Zebulon 

 M. Pike; a mountainous county with a large area; large 

 amount of timber left; coal deposits very extensive; no 

 great amount of attention paid to farming; lands well 

 adapted to the production of fruit and grazing of live 

 stock; county seat^ Pikeville, population, 1,280. 



