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able property $3,413,397. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $1,973,922. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $15.27 (United States census $22.07). 

 Railroad in county. Southern Ry. in Kentucky, mileage 

 20.902; located in the central portion of the State; 

 formed in 1827, and named for Richard Clugh Ander- 

 son, Jr.; land underlaid with limestone; considerable 

 rolling land; splendid grazing and tobacco land; county 

 seat, Lawrenceburg, population 1,723. 



BALLARD COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 10,761; 1910, 12,690; per cent, in- 

 crease 17.9. Assessed acreage of land 155,162 (United 

 States census 161,280). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $3,651,832. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $1,949,096. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $12.56 (United States census $31.40). 

 Railroads in county, I. C. 27.4, M. & " ' '" . total mile- 

 age 31.47; located in extreme western part of State; 

 formed in 1842, and named for Captain Bland Ballard; 

 land mostly level; black loamy soil; timber mostly cut; 

 splendid garden section; county seat, Wickliffe, popu- 

 lation 989. 



BARREN COUNTY. 



Population 1900, 23,197; 1910, 25,293; per cent, in- 

 crease 9. Assessed acreage of land 284,543 (United 

 States census 310,400). Total assessed valuation tax- 

 able property $5,804,306. Assessed value of land with 

 improvements $3,152,355. Average assessed value of 

 land per acre $11.07 (United States census $22.05). 

 Railroads in county, L. & N. 8.42, Glasgow Railway Co. 

 10.50, Mammoth Cave R. R. 2.01, total mileage 20.93; 

 located in south-central portion of State; formed in 

 1798, and named for a section of the State originally 

 referred to as "The Barrens or Prairies," timber had 

 mostly disappeared as a result of the Indians burning 

 off the land in the area in order that the buffalo and 

 deer might have good grazing land ; rather level section ; 

 splendid limestone quarries ; land adapted to stock rais- 

 ing and growing of tobacco, both Burley and Dark; 

 county seat, Glasgow, population 2,316. 



