Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
HOPKINS COUNTY, situated in the westerly part of Kentucky, with Green river on the northeast. Area, 750 square miles. Seat of justice, Madisonville. Pop. in 1810, 2,964; in 1820, 5,322; in 1830, 6,763; in 1840, 9,171; in 1850, 12,441. (Fanning's, 1853)