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ESTILL COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 11,669 ; 1910, 12,273 ; per cent._ in- 

 crease 5.2. Assessed acreage of land 142,428 (United 

 States census 162,560). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $1,777,109. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $956,708. Average assessed value of land 

 per acre $6.72 (United States cengus $10.81). Eailroads, 

 L. & N., 18.99. Located in eastern portion of State; 

 formed in 1808, and named for Captain James Estill; 

 lands hilly ; some timber left ; lands well adapted to fruit 

 and live stock production; county seat, Irvine, popula- 

 tion 282. 



FAYETTE COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 42,071; 1910, 47,715; per cent, in- 

 crease 13.4. Assessed acreage of land 174,482 (United 

 States census 172,160). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $41,002,316. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $15,393,680. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $88.23 (United States census $106.98). 

 Railroads, C. & 0. 14.26, C, N. 0. & T. P. Ey. 13.88, Ken- 

 tucky Traction & Terminal Company 43.97, L. & N. 30.49, 

 Southern Ey. in Kentucky 8.206, total mileage 110.806; 

 located in the central portion of the State; formed in 

 1780, and named for Marquis LaFayette ; is in the center 

 of the Blue Grass region; land level to rolling; practi- 

 cally no timber; one of the best agricultural counties in 

 the State ; noted for its fine live stock production ; for its 

 grain and Burley tobacco yields ; the whole county under- 

 laid with limestone formation; some of the finest live 

 stock farms in the world are in this county ; county seat, 

 Lexington, population 35,099. At Lexington are located 

 the Kentucky State University, the Kentucky Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, Transylvania IJniversity, 

 Hamilton College, Sayre Institute, and St. Catherine's 

 Academy. Lexington is the largest loose-leaf tobacco 

 warfehouse market in the world, and prides itself on be- 

 ing the "Hub" of the Blue Grass region. 



