County Named, 1806
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For Samuel Hopkins, 1753-1819. On Washington's staff and in many campaigns, War of the Revolution. Came to Ky., 1797, as Transylvania Company agent. In 1799, organized and named judge of first court held in original Henderson County, which included this area. In Ky. House, 1800-06; Senate, 1809-13.
Commander in Chief, Western Frontier, 1812; U.S. Congress, 1813-1815.
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More markers in Hopkins
Oliver Loving
Nortonville, KY
Born in Hopkins Co. on Dec. 4, 1812.
Professor C.L. Timberlake
Madisonville, KY
Professor C. L. Timberlake (1885-1979)- Worked lifetime to improve black educational opportunities.
Partisan Rangers
Sunset Rd., KY
Civil War Confederate irregular troops operated in western Ky.
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.