KENTUCKY. 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 



Miles. 

 Length 300 

 Breadth 180 



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Sq. Mites, 



82° 50' and 89° 20' West longitude. ) 

 6° 30' and 39° 10' North latitude. 5 5U ' 000 



Boundaries. ...Bounded on the north and north-west by the river 

 Ohio, which separates it from the state of Ohio, and Indiana and 

 Illinois territories ; west, by the river Mississippi, which divides it 

 from Missouri Territory; south, by Tennessee, and east by Virgi- 

 nia. 



Divisions. ...Kentucky was originally divided into two counties? 

 Lincoln and Jefferson. It has since been subdivided into fifty-four. 



Counties. 



Population. 



Chief Towns. 



Jefferson, 



13,399 



Louisville. 



Fayette, 



21,370 



Lexington. 



Bourbon, 



18,009 



Paris. 



Mercer, 



12,630 



Harodsburgh, 



Nelson, 



14,078 



Bairdstovvn. 



Madison, 



15,540 



Richmond. 



Lincoln, 



8,676 



Stanford. 



Woodford, 



9,659 



Versailles. 



Mason, 



12,459 



Washington. 



Washington, 



13,248 



Springfield. 



Clarke, 



11,519 



Winchester. 



Scott, 



12,491 



Georgetown. 



Logan, 



12,123 



Russellville. 



Franklin, 



8,013 



Frankfort. 



Adair, 



6,011 



Ccnumbia. 



Barrin, 



11,286 



Glasgow. 



Boone, 



3,608 



Wilmington. 



Bracken, 



3,706 



Augusta. 



Breckenridge, 



3,430 



Hardinsburg. 



Butler, 



2,118 



Moi gantown. 



Bullet, 



4,311 



Shephcrdsville 



Casey, 



3,285 



Liberty 



Campbell, . 



3,473 



Newport. 



Christian, 



11,020 



Hopkinsville. 



Cumberland, 



6,191 



Burksville. 



Clay, . 



2,39 8 



Manchester. 



Caldwell, . 



4,268 



Eddyville. 



Estle, 



2,082 





