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SCOTT COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 18,076; 1910, 16,956; per cent, de- 

 crease 6.2. Assessed acreage of land 178,409 (United 

 States census 184,960). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $10,022,922. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $6,290,617. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $35.25 (United States census $56.28). Eail- 

 roads, C. N. 0. & T. P., 22.21; F. & C. R. R., 20.78; Ken- 

 tucky Traction & Terminal Co., 5.64; Sou. Ry. in Ky., 

 7.60; L. & N., 1.95; total mileage 58.18; located in the 

 central portion of the State ; formed in 1792, and named 

 for General Charles Scott, later Governor; a blue grass 

 county; land rolling; limestone formation; not much 

 timber; splendid livestock county; a great deal of Burley 

 tobacco produced; grain crops do well; county iseat, 

 Georgetown, population 4,533. 



SHELBY COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 18,340; 1910, 18,041; per cent, de- 

 crease 1.6. Assessed acreage of land 240,289 (United 

 States census 273,280). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $13,883,040. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $9,049,525. Average assessed value of 

 laud per acre $37.70 (United States census $50.65). Rail- 

 roads, L. & N., 40.03; L. & I. E. R., 11.361; Sou. Ry. in 

 Ky., 24.299; total mileage 77.69; located in the central 

 portion of the State ; formed in 1792, and named for Isaac 

 Shelby, first Governor of Kentucky; a blue grass county; 

 land rolling, and mostly devoted to the growing of grains 

 and Burley tobacco ; a great live stock county ; practically 

 no timber; dairy interest large; this county known as 

 the "Jersey Isle of America;" more registered cattle 

 said to be contained in this county than any other county 

 in America; county seat, Shelbyville, population 3,412. 



SIMPSON COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 11,624; 1910, 11,460; per cent, de- 

 crease 1.4. Assessed acreage of land 144,340 (United 

 States census 138,240). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $3,460,734. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $1,754,992. Average assessed value of 



