Hopkins County, Kentucky

Founding: 1806
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

National Register listings: 33

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.