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improvements $5,913,930. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $20.79 (United States census $43.53). Eail- 

 roads, I. C, 42.66; L. & N., 13.21; total mileage 55.87; 

 located in the western portion of the State; formed in 

 1811, and called "Union," because of the hearty unani- 

 mity with which the people consented to the division of 

 the old county ; it was formed entirely out of the western 

 part of Henderson county; land mostly level; not much 

 timber; rich coal deposits; com and other grain crops 

 produced in abundance; some attention paid to fruit; 

 soil very fertile; county seat, Morganfield, population 

 2,725. 



WAEEEN COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 29,970; 1910, 30,579; per cent, in- 

 crease 2.2. Assessed acreage of land 334,098 (United 

 States census 339,200). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $13,121,624. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $6,053,176. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $18.11 (United States census $25.97). Rail- 

 roads, L. & N., 38.82 ; located in the southern portion of 

 State; formed in 1796, and named for General Joseph 

 Warren; land roUing to hilly; not much timber; fertile 

 soil; one of the best all-around farming counties m the 

 State; the strawberry production of this county is the 

 greatest of any county in Kentucky, more than one hun- 

 dred car loads shipped each year; Bowling Green lime- 

 stone is noted the world over as a building stone; the 

 Governor's new Mansion at Frankfort, Kentucky, erected 

 at a cost of $100,000, is built of this stone; county seat. 

 Bowling Green, population 9,173. At Bowling Green 

 is located the Western State Normal School. 



WASHINGTON COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 14,182; 1910, 13,940; per cent, de- 

 crease 1.7. Assessed acreage of land 173,032 (United 

 States census 191,360). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $4,980,125. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $3,232,495. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $13.42 (United States census $30.90). Eail- 

 roacis, L. & N., 11.37 ; located in the south-central pdrtiOn 



