Crittenden County, KY

Headnote

CRITTENDEN COUNTY, situated on the northwest boundary of Kentucky, on the easterly side of Ohio river. Area, 540 square miles. Surface level; soil fertile. Seat of justice, Marion. Pop. in 1850, 6,351. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Kentucky

Crittenden County, Kentucky (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
CRITTENDEN COUNTY, situated on the northwest boundary of Kentucky, on the easterly side of Ohio river. Area, 540 square miles. Surface level; soil fertile. Seat of justice, Marion. Pop. in 1850, 6,351.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 96.
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In Kentucky, Lt-Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest makes his first cavalry reconnaissance of the war Battles/Soldiers
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