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CONDITIONS BY COUNTIES. 



held by the farmers for domestic use. In a very few eases the 

 woodlots contain some valuable timber. ]\Iost of them, how- 

 ever, have been closely cut over and many acres are growing 

 worthless trees. 



CABELL COUNTY. 



Location and Area. 



Cabell county, formed from part of Kanawha in 1809, lies 

 on the Ohio river in the southwestern part of the State. Its 

 area is 261 square miles or 167,040 acres. 



Topography. 



The surface of the county is hilly, rising gradually toward 

 the east from the Ohio river. The Ohio river valley here varies 

 greatly in width. At Huntington it is a little over a mile wide. 

 A short distance northeast of Guyandotte the hills slope almost 

 to the river leaving a very narrow valley for nearly 3 miles. 

 North of this the valley is half a mile wide for 3 miles, and then 

 comes another 3 miles, or more, where the hillsides slope dovm 

 almost to the water's edge. Northward from this the valley is 

 wide to the ]\Iason county line. Low water mark on the Ohio 

 river at Huntington is 494 feet, and high water mark is 551 

 feet. Porter knob, on the divide between Guyandot and Mud 

 rivers, rises to 1,252 feet. 



The county is drained by the Ohio river and its tributaries. 

 Its largest tributary is the Guyandot. Smaller tributaries, 

 named from south to north, are Fourpole creek, Sevenmilc 

 creek, Ninemile creek and Guyan creek. The principal tribu- 

 tary of the Guyandot is Mud river emptying at Barboursville. 

 The 3 rivers named have numerous small tributaries that drain 

 every part of the county. 



Original Forest Conditions. 



The original forest has disappeared. Old residents state 

 that there was once a very heavy growth of hardwoods, such as 

 the oaks, yellow poplar, hickory, ash, cucumber, beech and ma- 



