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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Cumberland county, the 32nd in order
of formation, was cut off from Green county in 1798, and so named
after Cumberland River which runs through the county in a NE and
SW direction. It is one of the tier of counties bordering on the Tennessee
state line; is bounded N by Adair, E by Russell and Clinton, S by Monroe
county and the Tennessee line, and W by Monroe and Metcalfe counties. Part
of the original territory of Cumberland county was appropriated in the
formation of each of five counties - Wayne in 1800, Monroe in 1820, Russell
in 1825, Clinton in 1835, and Metcalfe in 1860. The surface of the county
is hilly and broken; the soil in the valleys is of more than the average
fertility. |
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