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KENTUCKY. 



Counties.. 



Population. 



Chief Towns. 



Fleming, 



8,947 



Flemingsburg, 



Floyd, 



3,485 



Prestonville. 



Gallatin, 



3,307 



Port William. 



Greenup, 



2,369 



Greenupburg. 



Green, 



6,735 



Greensburg. 



Grayson, 



2,301 





Garrand, 



9,186 



Lancaster. 



Henry, 



6,777 



Newcastle. 



Harrison, 



7,752 



Cyntheana. 



Henderson, 



4,703 



Hendersonville 



Harden, 



7,531 



Elizabethtown. 



Hopkins, 



2,964 



Madisonville. 



Jessamine, 



8,377 



Nicholasville. 



Knox, 



5,875 



Barboursvillei 



Livingston, 



3,674 



Smithland. 



Lewis, 



2,357 



Clarksville. 



Mulilenburg, 



4,181 



Greenville. 



Montgomery, 



12,975 



Mountsterling. 



Nicholas, 



4,S98 



Ellisville. 



Ohio, . 



3,792 



Hartford. 



Pulaski, 



6,897 





Pendleton, . 



3,061 



Falmouth. 



Rockcastle, 



1,731 



Mountvernon. 



Shelby, 



14,877 



Shelbyville. 



Wayne, 



5,430 



Montecello. 



Warren, 



11,937 



Bowling-Green 



406,511 



Rivers. ...The Ohio bounds Kentucky, on the north-western side, 

 in its whole length ; and the branches of this river water and ferti- 

 lize the country in every part. The principal of these are the Big 

 Sandy, which forms part of the boundary line between this state and 

 Virginia ; Licking, Kentucky, Salt, Green, Tennessee, and Cumber- 

 land rivers, which receive on every side numerous streams of different 

 magnitudes. 



Climate... .The climate is healthy and delightful, some few places 

 in the neighbourhood of ponds and low grounds excepted. The early 

 inhabitants did not experience the extremes of heat and cold ; none of 

 the neighbouring states enjoying so constant a temperature ; but the 

 climate has considerably altered since the country has been opened 

 and cultivated. The changes from one temperature to another are 

 much more frequent than formerly. The winter, which begins about 

 Christmas, is seldom longer than three months, and is commonly 

 but two ; and is so mild, that cattle can subsist without fodder. 



Metals, minerals... .There are some iron mines in this state, but 

 only one of them, according to the latest accounts, is worked. Iron 

 ©re, lime-stone, and numerous unexplored mines of coal, are nearly 

 the only mineral substances observed here. 



Soil, produce. ...The soil is extremely fertile; the lands of the 

 first rate are too rich for wheat, and will produce 50 and 60, and in 

 some instances, 100 bushels of good corn an acre. In common the 

 land will produce 30 bushels of wheat or rye an acre. Barley, oats 3 



