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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Anderson county, the 82d in order of
formation, was organized in 1827, out of parts of Franklin, Mercer,
and Washington; and named after one of the most brilliant young men of
Kentucky, Richard Clough Anderson, Jr., then recently deceased.
It is situated in the middle portion of the state, and is bounded on the
north by Franklin county, east by the Kentucky river, which separates it
from Woodford, south by Mercer and Washington, and west by Spencer county.
It is well watered by Salt river (which has many fine mills and good water
power); by its tributaries, Crooked, Fox, Stoney, and Hammond creeks; and
by Kentucky river and its tributatires, Bailey's run, Little Benson, and
Gilbert's creek. The surface is generally rolling, some portions level,
rich, and very productive; the hills grow fine tobacco and grasses. Cattle
and hogs, wheat, corn, and whiskey, are the leading articles of production
and export. In the county are thirteen distilleries, which have manufactured
in a year 4,000 barrels of old-fashioned, sour-mash, hand-made, copper-distilled
whisky, of very fine quality. |
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