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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Madisonville Namesake...