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Allen County Kentucky
American History & Genealogy Project
*Allen County, the 57th in order of formation, was carved out of Warren and Barren counties, Jan. 11, 1815, and named in honor of Col. John Allen. It is situated in the extreme southern part of the state, and is bounded on the north by Warren and Barren counties, east by Barren and Monroe, south by the state of Tennessee, and west by Simpson and Warren counties. The land is rather hilly; soil in many parts fertile; timber in great abundance; cotton is grown successfully. Big Barren River forms the northern, and more than half of the eastern boundary line; the other streams are Big Trammel, Little Trammel, Puncheon Camp, Long, Walnut, Big Difficult, Little Difficult, East, West, and Sulphur forks of Bay's Fork, Middle and Sulphur forks of Drake's creek, John's, Rough, and Snake creeks, all tributaries of Big Barren River.
*Source: History of Kentucky, Volume II, by Lewis Collins,
Published by Collins & Company,
Covington, Kentucky, 1874
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