50 Twenty-First Biennial Repobt 



POWELL COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 6,443; 1910, 6,268; per cent, de- 

 crease 2.7. Assessed acreage of land 83,591 (United 

 States census 115,840). Total assessed valuation taxable 

 property $926,016. Assessed value of land with improve- 

 ments $488,309. Average assessed value of land per 

 acre $5.84 (United States census $15.89). Railroads, L. 

 & N., 23.88; Mountain Central E. R., 3; total' mileage 

 26.88; located in the middle eastern portion of the State; 

 formed in 1852, and named for Governor Lazarus W. 

 Powell; some timber left; lands level to hilly; the river 

 and creek bottom lands fertile; land on top of hills not 

 very fertile; splendid fruit county; county seat, Stanton, 

 population 278. 



PULASKI COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 31,293; 1910, 35,986; per cent, in- 

 crease 15. Assessed acreage of land 317,641 (United 

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

 able property $6,300,508. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $2,744,693. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $8.64 (United States census $7.86). Rail- 

 roads, C. N. 0. & T. P., 30.99; Cincinnati, Bumside & 

 Cumberland River 1.35; total mileage 32.34; located in 

 the southern portion of the State; formed in 1798, and 

 named for Count Pulaski; lands hilly; some timber left; 

 splendid live stock county; good fruit lands; county seat, 

 Somerset, population 4,491. 



ROBERTSON COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 4,900; 1910, 4,121; per cent, de- 

 crease 15.9. Assessed acreage of land 61,928 (United 

 States census 69,760). Total assessed valuation taxable 

 property $1,106,222. Assessed value of land with im- 

 provements $809,097. Average assessed value of land 

 per acre $13.06 (United States census $13.82). No rail- 

 roads in the county; located in the northeastern section 

 of the State; formed in 1867, and named for ex-Chief 

 Justice George Robertson; lands hilly; not much timber; 

 alfalfa and seed clover do well on the hills on account of 

 the underlying limestone; splendid live stock and fruit 

 county; county ,S€!£yt,; jl^Eli. pi^\f^t,yP|0pul9,tj.pfl<$21. 



