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ROCKCASTLE COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 12,416; 1910, 14,473; per cent, in- 

 crease 16.6. Assessed acreage of land 168,725 (United 

 States census 198,400). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $1,764,768. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $1,029,443. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $6.10 (tjnited States census $7.45). Eail- 

 roads, L. & N. R. R., 39.61; located in the southern por- 

 tion of the State ; formed in 1810, and named for Rock- 

 castle river; lands hilly, with some timber; one of the 

 best fruit counties in the State ; the land is thin, as a rule ; 

 county seat, Mt. Vernon, population 930. Brodhead is a 

 prosperous little town in a good farmng section of the 

 county. 



ROWAN COUNTY. 

 Population 1900, 8,277; 1910, 9,438; per cent, in- 

 crease 14.10. Assessed acreage oi land 163,937 (United 

 States census 174,080). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $1,380,779. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $638,426. Average assessed value of land 

 per acre $3.89 (United States census $4.39). Railroads, 

 0. & 0., 16.73 ; Morehead & North Fork R. R., 14.50 ; total 

 mileage 31.23 ; located in the eastern section'of the State ; 

 formed in 1856, and named for Judge John Rowan; 

 lands rolling to hUly; not much timber left; is a great 

 fruit county; in the spring of 1913, 1,650 acres of apple 

 trees were planted in this county by the State Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture ; land well adapted to grazing pur- 

 poses; county seat, Morehead, population 1,105. 



RUSSELL COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 9,695; 1910, 10,861; per cent, in- 

 crease 12. Assessed acreage of land 155,197 (United 

 States census 210,560). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $1,972, 845. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $1,231,194. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $7.93 (United States census $8.40). No 

 railroads in the county; located in the southern portion 

 of the State ; formed in 1825, and named for Colonel Wil- 

 liam Russell; lands rolling to hilly ; some timber; land 

 adapted to grazing; some rich bottom lands; a good, 

 fruit county; county seat, Jamestown, population 177. 



