2000 Population:
46,519 County Seat: Madisonville
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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Hopkins county, the 49th in order,
was formed in 1806, out of part of Henderson county, and named after
Gen. Samuel Hopkins. In 1857, before part of its territory was taken to
form Webster county, it was 40 miles in length and 26 in breadth. About
one-eighth of it was in cultivation, and there were over 100,000 acres
of superior bituminous and cannel coal. It is in the western part of the
state, and bounded N by Webster county, E by Pond river, which separates
it from McLean and Muhlenburg, S by Christian, and W by Caldwell and Webster
counties. Green river is navigable for small steamers at all seasons, Pond
and Tradewater rivers for small crafts and rafts in the winter and spring.
The county has three classes of land - ridge, or hill land; bottom, or
black flat land; and rolling lands, with soil mainly a freestone, based
upon reddish-yellow clay foundation. Timber abounds, of the finest quality
and greatest variety. |
