Lincoln County, West Virginia          Early History of Lincoln County

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LINCOLN COUNTY

Is the youngest of Kanawha's numerous offspring. It was organized in 1867,
from the territory of Kanawha, Cabell, Logan and Boone counties. It is
drained by the Coal and Mud rivers; is broken and sparsely settled; is a fair
agricultural country; is well timbered, and filled with coal and other
minerals. Hamlin, its seat of justice, is on the Mud river, and is surrounded
by a section of blue-grass lands that are considered very valuable, hecailse
of their superior grazing and stock-raising qualities. It is rapidly
increasing its facilities for stockv raising, and promises to take a leading
rank in this branch of industry.

History of Kanawha County, George W. Atkinson, 1876, p. 31