The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-06-28
WOLFE COUNTY.

When IL Was Formed, It's Area, POpula
tion, Postofiices, wealth, Etc.
Wolfe county was formed in 1860 on
of parts of Morgan, Breathitt, Owsley
and Powell counties, being the one hun
dred and tenth In the order Of formation
IL was named in honorof Hon. Nathanie
Wolfe, distinguished lawyer and states
man of the city of Louisville, who, after
representing Jefferson county with great
ability both in the senate and lower
house, "was defeated for congress in
1868" Gas Collins tersely and significantly
says) "by federal bayonets." He died
In 1865, aged fifty-four years. Wolfe
county Is situated in the central eastern
part Of the state, on the waters of Red
river, continent of the Kentucky, which
runs from east to west through the coun.
ty, while the north fork Of the Kentucky
river forms its southern boundary. 1t IL
bounded on the north and east by Nor
gan; on the southeast by Breathitt; on
the south by Lee and on the west by
Powell county. The area of Wolfe is
estimated at about one hundred and
seventy square miles. In addition TO the
Kentucky and Red rivers, Wolfe is
watered by the following considerable
creeks: Gilmore, Lacy, Saltwater, Swift,
Parched Corn, Chimney Top, Upper and
Lower Devil, and Holly. The confgura.
ton of the county is generally hilly and
unbroken, with considerable rich, level
land along the river and creek bottoms.
The chief agricultural products are corn,
wheat, oats, rye, hay, and some tobacco;
and cattle, hogs, horses, and mules are
raised to limited extent. The only
towns of the county are Campton, the
county.seat, incorporated in 1870, and
Hazel Green, ten miles east of CamptOn,
incorporated in lS56-both small towns
The coal fields cover nearly four.fifths of
the county, and embrace all the best
known varieties. The Kentucky Union
runs through the southwest corner of the
county for seven miles, being ten miles
from the cOunty.seat. We have some
good roads, but from some defect in the
laws, they are not kept in good repair,
Wolfe county has no turnpikes. Loose
saw logs are run out of all the principal
creeks by means of splash dams. We
have plenty of poplar, oak, walnut,
hickory, and hemlock, and vast forest
of the finest white pine Our agricutu-
raj products are corn, wheat, rye, oats.
and all varieties of vegetables. The
grasses best adapted to the soil of this
county are clover, timothy, red.top, and
millet / think our methods of farming
are improving, and everything has an
air of thrift and enterprise. The soil is
gradually improving in productiveness
by turning under crops of weeds and rye |
while green. We have had no immigra.
ton in the past two years. but there has |
been "A gradual increase in population. !
The only additions TO our mill and man.
interests have been several
steam saw mills, Fully one-fourth of
Jur original forests remains but no effort
has been made to protect or renew it.
There is growing disposition with our
armers to use improved field and garden
leeds. G.. b. SwANGo.
The county has population of 7,lS0.
L is situated in the Tenth congressional,
seventh appellate, Twenty.thrd judicial,
md Thirty-fourth senatorial districts.
n the late congressional election it cast
'76 votes for the Democratic candidate
md lOS far the Penuhlican