Hopkins

14 historical markers in Kentucky

Army of Six

Madisonville, KY

Union troops, 300, ordered to burn the CSA Madisonville sympathizers' homes, 1862; withdrew, bluffed by CSA Gen. Adam Johnson and six men.

Carlow's Stone Wall

Madisonville, KY

This wall was originally located at Carlow, on the main Madisonville-Henderson route.

Century of Coal Mining

Earlington, KY

Earlington founded in 1870 by St. Bernard Coal Co. Named for John Baylis Earle, who discovered No. 11 coal vein not far from this site,...

Cmdr. D.W. "Mush" Morton, USN

Nortonville, KY

This World War II hero spent his early youth and attended elementary school in Nortonville; high school at Madisonville.

County Named, 1806

Madisonville, KY

For Samuel Hopkins, 1753-1819.

Courthouse Burned

Madisonville, KY

Gen. Hylan B. Lyon with 800 men invaded Ky.

Gov. Ruby Laffoon

Madisonville, KY

Born January 15, 1869, Madisonville.

Hanson

Hanson, KY

This town, named for Henry B. Hanson, the civil engineer who planned it, was founded in 1869 and incorporated in 1873.

Jackson Stage Stop

Original two-room brick building, unusual in design, was constructed in 1830 of handmade brick from clay on farm.

Oliver Loving

Nortonville, KY

Born in Hopkins Co. on Dec. 4, 1812.

Partisan Rangers

Sunset Rd., KY

Civil War Confederate irregular troops operated in western Ky.

Professor C.L. Timberlake

Madisonville, KY

Professor C. L. Timberlake (1885-1979)- Worked lifetime to improve black educational opportunities.

Steuben's Lick

Manitou, KY

Named for the Prussian soldier Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von Steuben.

The Hockersmith House

Madisonville, KY

The home of L. D. Hockersmith, Captain, l0th Ky.

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