The Pulaski Citizen

The New State.
[Memphis Appeal.]
The area may be set down in round numbers at from twenty-five to thirty thousand square miles. We give below a tabular statement of the counties in each state proposed to be adopted into the new regime, together with the county towns and the population of each county, as reported by the census of 1870:
This gives us, if we are correctly informed, forty-four counties and an aggregate population of seven hundred and twenty thousand eight hundred and eighty-six; but to this we may make an addition of ten per cent., giving us in round numbers eight hundred thousand. The district named embraces a fine upland and valley country, abundantly blessed with navigable streams and intersected by railways either completed or in prospect. The population is for the most part intelligent, and many of the counties boast a high degree of culture, wealth and morality.

COUNTIES	CHIEF TOWNS	POPULATION 18702
Ballard	Blandville	12,576
McCracken	Paducah	13,988
Marshall	Benton	9,455
Hickman	Moscow	8,453
Graves	Mayfield	19,498
Calloway	Murray	9,410
Fulton	Hickman	6,161
Lake	Tennessee	2,428
Oblon	Union City	15,584
Weakley	Dresden	20,755
Henry	Paris	20,280
Benton	Camden	8,324
Dyer	Dyersburg	48,806
Gibson	Trenton	25,666
Carroll	Huntington	19,447
Landerdale	Ripley	10,338
Crockett	Humboldt	4,000
Madison	Jackson	23,480
Henderson	Lexington	14,217
Decatur	Decatur	7,772
Tipton	Covington	14,884
Haywood	Brownsville	25,094
Shelby	Memphis	76,338
Fayette	Somerville	26,145
Hardeman	Bolivar	18,075
McNairy	Purdy	12,726
Mississippi	Hernando	82,021
De Soto	Holly Springs	29,416
Marshall	Corinth	10,431
Alcorn	Inka	7,850
Tishomingo	Brownsville	9,438
Prentiss	Austin	5,358
Tunica	Batesville	20,754
Panola	Ripley	20,727
Tippah	Fulton	12,600
Hawamba	Aberdeen	22,631
Monroe	Houston	19,849
Chickasaw	Pontoc	20,500
Pontotoc	Pittsburgh	10,561
Ca.houn	Oxford	18,802
Lafayette	Coffeyville	13,254
Yalabusha	Greensboro	10,679
Grenada	Charleston	7,852
Talahatche	Bauлав	9,732