Soil here is rich and deep - stock and hemp the greatest produced exports. Principal towns are Danville and Perryville. This county is bounded on the north by the Ohio river with the principal towns being Brooksville, Augusta. The lands are high and the surface rolling and hilly. The upper part is rich and fertile.
Principal crops are tobacco, wheat, corn and pork.
Located on the headwaters of the Kentucky River. The surface is hilly, rich and productive valleys, soil is red clay. Produces bituminous coal, iron ore, salt. Principal town is the county seat of Jackson. Copyright 12 March 1998, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved.