Excerpt from Midwifery in the Kentucky Mountains: An Investigation In the late summer of 1923 I undertook an investigation of midwives in certain selected mountain counties of Kentucky. Leslie, Knott and Owsley were chosen for this purpose. Their area is 373, 548 and 216 square miles respectively, and their population is and The largest places in each.are the county seats Hyden with 313 souls, Hindman with 467 and Booneville with 243, respectively...