Headnote
MEAD COUNTY, situated on the northerly boundary of Kentucky, with Ohio river on the north. Area, 360 square miles. Seat of justice, Brandenburgh. Pop. in 1840, 5,780; in 1850, 7,393. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Kentucky

Mead County, Kentucky (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
MEAD COUNTY, situated on the northerly boundary of Kentucky, with Ohio river on the north. Area, 360 square miles. Seat of justice, Brandenburgh. Pop. in 1840, 5,780; in 1850, 7,393.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 215.
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