Waterways include Licking, Fleming, Fox and Tripplett creeks. Cattle, hogs and hemp are the main products for export. Towns are Fleminigsburg, Poplar Plains, Mount Carmel, Elizaville, Hillsbrough and Sherbern. Extreme eastern portion on the waters of the Big Sandy river - county is 30 miles wide and the surface is mountainous, some reaching 500 feet. Abundant in stone-coal.
Principal crops are corn, wheat, oaks and flax.
Exports include sheep, hogs and cattle. Prestonburg only city. Lies on both sides of the Kentucky river with diversified land. A small portion is gently undulating, another has small streams, uneven and hilly while tall cliffs rear their heads. The staple products are wheat, corn and oats with some hemp.