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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Fleming county, erected out of Mason, and
named in honor of Col. John Fleming, was the 26th in order
of formation in the state, and the first of a batch of 13 counties established
in 1798 - a year famous for giving birth to counties, as if that
were the chief end of legislation. It is situated in the NE middle part
of the state, on Licking river; and is bounded N by Mason and Lewis counties,
E by Lewis and Carter, SE and S by Rowan and Bath, and W by Nicholas and
Robertson. The face of the country is variegated, and the soil as idversified
as that of any county in the state; the W portion rolling or undulating,
abounding in limestone, and very productive of grasses, hemp, and corn,
and a part well adapted for wheat; the E and NE portions hilly or mountainous,
with fertile creek bottoms adapted to corn, wheat, clover, and tobacco,
and abounding in mineral waters (among them, Phillips' and Fox springs,
the latter the most uniformly popular watering place in eastern Kentuckky
since the Civil War). It is well watered by Licking river, Fleming, Fox,
and Triplett creeks and their tributaries. Its principal exports are hogs,
cattle, mules, horses, hemp, corn and wheat. |
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