Hopkins
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.