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BATH COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 14,734; 1910, 13,988; per cent, de- 

 crease 5.1. Assessed acreage of land 171,448 (United 

 States census l'72,800). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $5,099,113. Value of land with improve- 

 ments $3,012,222. Average assessed value of land per 

 acre $17.55 (United States census $38.98). Eailroads 

 in county, C. & 0., mileage 15.86; located in the middle- 

 eastern portion of the State; formed in 1811, and de- 

 rives its name from the great number of medicinal 

 springs within its borders; is on the dividing line be- 

 tween the Blue Grass and the Knobs; western portion 

 of the county is a part of the Blue Grass section, and 

 the eastern portion a part of the Knob section; splen- 

 did grazing land; this county adapted to tobacco and 

 fruit growing; county seat, Owingsville, population 

 942. 



BELL COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 15,701; 1910, 28,447; per cent, in- 

 crease 81.12. Assessed acreage of land 122,615 (United 

 States census 245,760). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $6,771,042. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $3,173,516. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $25.88 (United States census $14.67). 

 Eailroads in county, L. & N. mileage 77.69, Cumberland 

 R. R. 2.09, total mileage 79.78 ; located in extreme south- 

 eastern portion of the State ; formed in 1867, and nained 

 for Joshua F. Bell; mountainous land; well timbered, 

 and rich in minerals; farming area limited; fruit and 

 poultry are the principal farming industries in this 

 county; county seat, Pineville, population 2,161; larg- 

 est city, Middlesboro, population 7,305- 



BOONE COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 11,170; 1910, 9,420; per cent, de- 

 crease 15.7. Assessed acreage of land 153,370 (United 

 States census 160,640). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $7,165,285. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $4,657,950. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $30.37 (United States census $36.91). 



