Hopkinsville
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 The First Presbyterian Church in Hopkinsville |
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| Location in Kentucky | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1796 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Kentucky |
| County : | Christian County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 51 ′ N , 87 ° 29 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 31,577 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 507.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 62.3 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) of which 62.2 km 2 (approx. 24 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 161 m |
| Postal code : | 42240 |
| FIPS : | 21-37918 |
| GNIS ID : | 0494550 |
| Website : | www.hopkinsvilleky.us |
| Mayor : | Dan Kemp |
Hopkinsville is a town in the southwest of the US -amerikanischen State of Kentucky . The 2010 census counted 31,577 residents, making Hopkinsville the sixth largest city in Kentucky. The city named after Samuel Hopkins (1753-1819) is the administrative seat of Christian County .
During the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 , Hopkinsville was the city with the longest total duration of 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
history
Hopkinsville was settled in 1796. Bartholomew and Martha Ann Wood, who came from Jonesborough , Tennessee , claimed about five square kilometers of land there due to Bartholomew's service during the Revolutionary War . The successful settlement of the Woods soon attracted more settlers. In 1799 the place was named "Elizabeth" in honor of the Woods' eldest daughter. But since there was already the place Elizabethtown in Hardin County , the place was renamed in 1804 by the Kentucky General Assembly in honor of General Samuel Hopkins from Henderson County .
climate
The average annual temperature is around 14 ° C, the mean high in July is 31.4 ° C, the low in January is -4.2 ° C. The mean annual rainfall is 1293 millimeters.
sons and daughters of the town
- Edward T. Breathitt (1924-2003), politician
- John Brim (1922-2003), blues musician
- John P. Campbell (1820–1888), politician, member of the US House of Representatives
- Edgar Cayce (1877-1945), medium
- Barksdale Hamlett (1908–1979), US Army general
- Vincent Herring (* 1964), jazz musician
- Austin Peay (1876–1927), 39th Governor of the State of Tennessee
- Joseph W. Ralston (born 1943), Air Force officer
- Todd Rhodes (1900-1965), jazz musician
- Thomas R. Underwood (1898–1956), politician
- Charles K. Wheeler (1863–1933), politician, member of the US House of Representatives
- Ed Whitfield (* 1943), politician, member of the US House of Representatives
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Hopkinsville, Kentucky ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, Ken Willcox: Totality: Eclipses of the Sun. Third edition, page 364, Oxford University Press, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-953209-4
- ↑ http://www.christiancountychamber.com : History
- ↑ http://www.christiancountychamber.com : Climate ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
