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Hopkinsville es una ciudad ubicada en el condado de Christian, Kentucky, Estados Unidos. Tiene una población estimada, a mediados de 2021, de 30 683 habitantes. [2] Es la sede del condado.
Along with the rest of Kentucky, the town was late in establishing free lower education, but natives organized private schools, and the town was the home of South Kentucky College (est. 1849) and Bethel Female College (est. 1854). [8] Since 1854, Hopkinsville has been the site of the Western Kentucky Lunatic Asylum .
The Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter (also known as the Hopkinsville Goblins Case or Kelly Green Men Case) was a claimed close encounter with extraterrestrial beings in 1955 near the communities of Kelly and Hopkinsville in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.
- Hopkinsville Goblins Case, Kelly Green Men Case
- Close encounter (claimed)
- August 21, 1955 (68 years ago)
6 de abr. de 2024 · Hopkinsville, city, seat of Christian county, southwestern Kentucky, U.S. It originated as Christian Court House, was renamed Elizabeth, which became the county seat in 1797, and was renamed in 1804 to honour Samuel Hopkins, soldier of the American Revolution and pioneer. It became a service centre.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Kentucky (US: / k ə n ˈ t ʌ k i / ⓘ kən-TUK-ee, UK: / k ɛ n-/ ken-), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Kentucky borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the west.
- 40,408 sq mi (104,656 km²)
- 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat (list)
In 1799, the town was renamed Elizabeth in honor of Wood’s eldest daughter. However, a town in Hardin County already had been established with the name, so when the city incorporated in 1804 the Kentucky General Assembly established the settlement as Hopkinsville, in honor of General Samuel Hopkins of Henderson County.
The Madisonville, Kentucky Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Hopkins County. The topography ranges from flatlands along the broad river valleys of the Pond River , Tradewater River , and Green River , to hilly and rolling land in the southern and central parts of the county.
