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state; formed in 1794, and named for Benjamin Frank- 

 lin; a portion of the Blue Grass region; a part of the 

 county very level and productive, while other parts are 

 more or less hilly.; a good farming county; little timber 

 left; no minerals found; county seat and State Capital, 

 Frankfort, population 10,465. Frankfort is a beautiful 

 and prosperous little city, nestled between the hills along 

 the Kentucky Eiver, and is particularly proud of the new 

 State Capitol building and the Grovemor's Mansion re- 

 cently completed; on the hill overlooking the city and 

 the Kentucky Eiver is the beautifully-kept cemetery, in 

 which are buried more of Kentucky's illustrious dead 

 than any other cemetery in the State. 



FULTON COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 11,546; 1910, 14,114; per cent, in- 

 crease 22.2. Assessed acreage of land 115,086 (United 

 States census 123,520). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $5,389,748. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $2,466,765. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $21.43 (United States ^ensus $43.66). 

 Railroads, I. C. 19.71, Mobile & Ohio 6.635, N. C. & St. 

 L. 10.52, total mileage 36.865 ; located in the extreme west- 

 em part of the State on the Mississippi River; formed 

 in 1845, and named for Robert Fulton; lands rolling, 

 with little timber left; a level area with a. rich loamy 

 soil; particularly adapted to gardening and raising to- 

 bacco; county seat, Hickman, population 2,736. 



GALLATIN COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 5,163; 1910, 4,697; per cent, de- 

 crease 9. Assessed acreage of land 59,823 (United 

 States census 69,760). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $1,421,289. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $890,031. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $14.87 (United States census $26.50). 

 Railroads, L. & N. 11.51 ; located on the Ohio River and 

 a part of the north-central section of the State ; formed 

 in 1798, and named for Albert Gallatin; the land area 



