KENTUCKY.
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TABLE OF THE COUNTIES AND TOWNS.— Continued.
Counties.
Population.
Towns.
Pop.
Pulaski sm
Rockcastle sem
Russell sm
Scott nm
Shelby • nm
Simpson s
Spencer m
Todd s
Trigg sw
Union te
Warren stem
Washington m
Wayne s
Whitely se
Woodford m
Total
9,522
2,875
3,883
14,677
19,039
6,099
6,815
8,801
5,889
4,435
10,947
8,731
3,807
12,294
688,844,
Somerset
Mount Vernoni Jamestownl CreelsburgGeorgetownf Shelbyville< Simpsonvillef ChristiansburgFranklinTaylorsville{ Elkton( Trenton$ Cadiz ( Canton
MorganfieldBowling-Greenf Springfield
Lebanon
Mackville
Fredericksburg
L NewmarketMonticclloi Whitely C. H.
^ Williamsburgt Versailles( Mortonsvilleof whom 165,350 are
231
142
67
37
1,344
1,201
77
78280248382178168146292815618384
83
58
43
207
50
904
145
slaves.
85
73
109
110
17
21
29
15
165
35
186
200
226
235
205
145
50
59
44
59
65
110
130
13
20
The above Table contains all the towns and villages in Kentucky of which the populationis given in the Census of 1830. When two or more towns are given for the same county,the one placed first is the seat of justice.
Population.
In 1790, 73,6771800, 220,9591810, 406,5111820, 564,3171830, 688,8441835, 748,844
Population at different Periods.
Increase from 1790 to 1800, 147,282
- 1800 1810, 185,552
- 1810 1820, 147,806
- 1820 1830, 124,527
- 1830, 140,000
The principal rivers of Kentucky are the Ohio , which flows along tne state637 miles, following its windings; the Mississippi, Tennessee , Cumberland,Kentucky , Green, Licking, Big Sandy, Salt, and Rolling.
Cumberland mountains form the south-east boundary of this state. Thelastern counties, bordering on Virginia , are mountainous and broken. A tractfrom 5 to 20 miles wide, along the banks of the Ohio , is hilly and broken land,interspersed with many fertile valleys. Between this strip, Green river, and theeastern counties, lies what has been called the garden of the state. This is themost populous part, and is about 150 miles long, and from 50 to 100 wide, andcomprises the counties of Mason, Fleming, Montgomery, Clarke, Bourbon, Fay-ette, Scott, Harrison, Franklin, Woodford, Mercer, Jessamine, Madison, Garrard,Casey, Lincoln, Washington , and Green. The surface of this district is agree-ably undulating, and the soil black and friable, producing black walnut, blackcherry, honey locust, buckeye, pawpaw, sugar-tree, mulberry, elm, ash, cotton
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