Hopkins County, Kentucky

Founding: 1807
Parent county: Henderson

Namesake: Samuel Hopkins, Kentucky politician
Seat: Madisonville (1808–)

Land area: 542 square miles

Population (2020): 45,423

Population (historic): 2,964 (1810); 9,171 (1840); 13,827 (1870); 30,995 (1900); 37,449 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1850; 1860–1910; 1920–1950; 1970s

Subdivisions: Nine cities; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,507 (11.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $600
Average outbuilding value (1930): $327
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,473
Average farm size (1920): 55.3 acres
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Madisonville

Namesake: James Madison, U.S. president

Founding: 1807 (platting); 1809 (post office); 1810 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 19,542

Population (historic): 37 (1810); 51 (1840); 1,022 (1870); 3,628 (1900); 6,908 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1840s; 1860–1910; 1920–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,028 (11.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. John Cox House (c. 1875). 998 Ball's Hill Road. Italianate. Razed.
2. Bazle Edmiston Log House (c. 1850). Dalton Road, east of Utterback Road.
3. James Slaton House (1864). 3014 Pond River–Colliers Road. Greek Revival.
4. Beckley Jackson House (c. 1830). 5710 Stagecoach Road.

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