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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Carroll county was formed - the 87th
in order - out of part of Gallatin, in the year 1838, and named
in honor of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. It is bounded on the
N by the Ohio river, E by Gallatin, S by Owe and Henry, and W by Trimble
county. The Ohio river bottom - 20 miles along the northern line, and from
half a mile to a mile wide, except at one point - is moderately rolling,
with a rich sandy alluvial soil. The soil along the valley of the Kentucky
river, which extendes through the county, is of two classes - the rich
alluvial bottoms subject to overflow, and the level uplands, once covered
with a yellowish soil two to four inches deep, over a stratum of bluish
clay. The remainder of the county is hilly, and the soil of a fertile loam
over a stratum of limestone. |
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