Grant County, KY

Headnote
GRANT COUNTY, situated in the northerly part of Kentucky. Area, 184 square miles. Face of the country hilly; soil of middling quality. Seat of justice, Williamstown. Pop. in 1820, 1,805; in 1830, 2,987; in 1840, 4,192; in 1850, 6,531. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Kentucky

Grant County, Kentucky (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
GRANT COUNTY, situated in the northerly part of Kentucky. Area, 184 square miles. Face of the country hilly; soil of middling quality. Seat of justice, Williamstown. Pop. in 1820, 1,805; in 1830, 2,987; in 1840, 4,192; in 1850, 6,531.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 141.
Date Title
New York Times, "The Nebraska Bill in Indiana," June 16, 1854
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