The Russellville Democrat., 1878-03-07
yIILE POPE COUNTY ARKANSAS. THURSDAY MARCH r 1878

4UU. .SUU acres. 1ne cOuuly io auout 70 miles east and west, and 36 miles north and south.
 ?. SURFACE AND TOPOGRAPHY --- The surface of the County is of di- .versilied character. In the northern part of the county is broken and hilly, with running streams of pure spark ling water coursiDg sheir way along the intervening yolleys. Along these streams there arc rich valleys of land and many fine farms. The table lands on the tops of the mountain spurs are undulating, but rich and level enough to admit of cultivation. Some good farms have been opened upon the tops of these mountain ridges. The timber here is fine; walnut, wild cherry and chinquepin often grow to be ? to ? feet in diam etre. In tue southern part of the county, except in the river bottom, the lands are high we'll drained up lands, the elevation being perhaps 100 or 12O feet above the level of the river bed. In the vicinity of Russell ville there is beautiful prairie with ap area of about 5000 acres.
 8. TIMBER. County is well timbered Some ot the finest piner- ies and cypress brakes in the State are here to be found. Oak. of all kinds, Hickory, Walnut, Gum, Ash, wild Cherry, Cotton wood, Sycamore, Sc., &c., aboand.
 A. WATER RsEs.--The Arkan- sas river sweeps the southern boun. dary of the county, flowing in a south eastern course. Ike county has river front of about 30 miles, giving us large body of river bot tom lands.
 BG PINEY and LITTLE PINEY wash es the western border of the county, flowing from north to south and emptying into the Arkansas river about half way between Russellyille and Clarksyille.
 The lands along Piney are equal to River lands and some of the finest farms in the county are to be found along these creeks. The ILLINOIS BAYOU rises in Searcy County, just north of Pope, and flows down through the hills in southerly direction dis charging into the Arkansas river 5 miles west of Russellville. There are some fine mill sites on this stream.
 GUM LOG CREEK, small stream coursing the central part of the county flows south east and empties 1 into Point Remove Creek. GALLA i GREEK, another small stream cours- ing through tue central part of the county, empties into the Arkansas river just south of Atkins. PolNT REMOVE CREEK flows along the eastern border of the county from north to south and emDties into the Arkansas river WHIG GREEK, BA' KER's CREEK, IsBELL's CREEK and other small streams traverse the county in different directions, dis charging into the streams above named
 ,. SPRINGS AND WELL WATER ! Good. pure water is one of the brae attributes of the county. Some fine springs of pure, bright sparkling water break out from the hill sides Good we'll water Is obtained any where in the county at q depth of 2t to 36 feet.
 '6. PopuLATIoN.-The County has population of about ,, ,000 about, one twelfth of which are colored.
 '. ScHooLs.-Tnere are 27 Schoo Districts in the County. Each Dis trict has three months public schoo each year, in addition to which there are som ten or twelve private schools sustained at different points in tho county.
 IS. CHuRcHEs.-There are upwards of 30 churches in the county, all rep resented by pretty strong member ship. Methodists and Cumberland' predominate. There are no Episco palian or Catholic churches.
 9. RAILRoAps.-The Little Rock & Ft. Smith Railroad runs through our county from east to west, at ar average distance of four miles iron the Arkansas nver, giving us abou 24 miles of railroad. The Company have a fine grant lands in the coun ty and offer cheap lands and long time to make payments.
 10. WAGON RoADs.-Wagon roads are not as good as they should be but can be made excellent If properly worked
 11.-There are about 10000 acres more or less, under cultivation in th' county.
 12. LIVE STocK.-The Assessor' returns show 2.944 Horses, l,O7I mules, 7,6o5 sheep, l0,l66 cattle ane 23,947 hogs.
 13.-There IS a manifest interes growing up in the matter of lmprov 1 ing the breed in stock, A goot many of our farmers are getting nm proved breeds of cows, sheep ant hogs. The Cotswold and Southdowr have been put on several farms. Sev eral Jerseys and Ayrshires have alst been brought here. The Berkshire and Poland China hogs will sool supcrcede the old razor back stock
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