24 Twenty-First Biennial Eepobt 



land per acre $24.54 (TjEited States census $41.44). 

 Eailroads, I. C. 18.99, L. & N. E. E. 14.45, L. H. & St. L. 

 Ey. 26.30, total mileage 59.74; located on the Ohio Eiver, 

 in the western portion of the State ; formed in 1815, and 

 named for Joseph Hamilton Daviess; land is generally 

 level, but has some hilly portions; but little timber left; 

 com is grown in first bottom lands ; wheat and grain in 

 second bottom lands, while the hilly lands produce live 

 stock, tobacco, wheat, etc. ; county seat, Owensboro, pop- 

 ulation 16,011. 



EDMONSON COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 10,080; 1910, 10,469; per cent, in- 

 crease 3.9, Assessed acreage of land 173,975 (United 

 States census 197,120). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $2,263,473. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $1,585,323. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $9.11 (United States census $7.35). 

 EaUroads, L. & N. 4.39, Mammoth Cave E. E. 6.74, total 

 mileage 11.13. Located in the south-central portion of 

 State ; formed in 1825, and named for Captain John Ed- 

 monson; lands hilly; some timber left; adapted to live 

 stock and fruit production ; in this county is the famous 

 Mammoth Cave ; county seat, Brownsville, population 

 313. 



ELLIOTT COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 10,387; 1910, 9,814; per cent, de- 

 crease 5.5. Assessed acreage of land 131,930 (United 

 States census 168,320). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $1,086,880. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $701,187. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $5.31 (United States census $5.66). 

 No railroads ia county; located in the eastern portion 

 of State ; formed in 1869, and named for Judge John M. 

 Elliott; a mountainous county; well timbered; mineral 

 wealth of the county considerable ; large deposits of coal 

 are found ; county seat, Sandy Hook, population 300. 



