Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
FAYETTE COUNTY, situated toward the north part of Kentucky, with Kentucky river on the southeast. Area, 275 square miles. Face of the country level; soil fertile. Seat of justice, Lexington. Pop. in 1810, 21,370; in 1820, 23,250; in 1830, 25,174; in 1840, 22,194; in 1850, 22,735. (Fanning's, 1853)