2000 Population:
7,147 County Seat: Burkesville
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From History
of Kentucky by Kerr, 1922
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Cumberland County was named for the Cumberland
River, which passes through the county. The name Cmberland was fixed
in Kentucky by Dr. Thomas Walker, who bestowed it on the great range of
mountains now separating the state from Virginia.
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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. |
