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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Bath County, the
56th formed in the
state, was carved out of Montgomery county, Jan. 15, 1811, and named
from the great number of medicinal springs within its borders. It
is situated in the eastern part of the state. Licking river flows along
its entire eastern and northern sides, and its principal tributaries in
the county are Flat, Slate, and Salt Lick creeks. The country is bounded
N. by Fleming county, E. by Fleming, Rowan, and Menifee, S. by Menifee
and Montgomery, and W. by Montgomery and Nicholas counties. The portion
W. of Slate creek, with its leading roads macadamized, is a limestone formation,
some of it as fine for grain and grass as any in the world; the eastern
is poor and hilly, a portion well timbered, and contains one of the largest
deposits of iron ore in Kentucky, with some bituminous coal, but not in
workable beds. |
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