Bureau of Ageicultuee. 57 



able property |5,396,721. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $2,150,504. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $7.89 (XJnited States census $8.68). Eail- 

 roads, L. & N., 65.40; located in the southeastern por- 

 tion of the State ; formed in 1818, and named for Colonel 

 William Whitley; considerable timber; large coal de- 

 posits ; land hilly to mountainous ; bottom lands fertile ; 

 splendid fruit county; county seat, Williamsburg, popu- 

 lation 2,004. 



WOLFE COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 8,764; 1910, 9,864; per cent, in- 

 crease 12.6. Assessed acreage of land 129,154 (United 

 States census 147,200). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $1,457,556. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $797,163. Average assessed value of land 

 per acre $6.17 (United States census $7.65). Railroads, 

 L. & N., 5.79 ; Mountain Central R. R., 9.00 ; Ohio & Ky. 

 Ry., 6.87 ; total mileage 21.66 ; located in the eastern por- 

 tion of the State; formed in 1860, and named foi 

 Nathaniel Wolfe ; lands hilly ; some timber ; coal and ore 

 deposits; river and creek bottoms fertile; other lands 

 thin ; a live stock and fruit area ; county seat, Campton, 

 population 326. 



WOODFORD COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 13,134; 1910, 12,571; per cent, de- 

 crease 4.3. Assessed acreage of land 117,212 (United 

 States census 224,800). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $11,381,040. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $6,977,329. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $59.52 (United States census $75.25). Rail- 

 roads, Ky. Traction & Terminal Co., 13.88; Ky. High- 

 lands Ry., 11.67; L. & N. R. R., 17.10; Sou. Ry. in Ky., 

 21.185 ; total mileage 63.83 ; located in the central portion 

 of the State ; formed in 1788, and name for General Wil- 

 liam Woodford; lands rolling; practically no timber; 

 lands fertile, it being a blue grass county; limestone for- 

 mation; known as the "Asparagus Bed of the World;" 

 live stock interests large ; grain and Burley tobacco pro- 

 duced in large quantities ; county seat, Versailles, popu- 

 lation 2,268. 



