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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Hopkinsville came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Hopkinsville in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hopkinsville. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Hopkinsville data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hopkinsville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Hopkinsville was listed as Hopkinsville Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Kentucky (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Hopkinsville is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Hopkinsville in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Hopkinsville for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Hopkinsville. See our Misc Page for Hopkinsville for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Hopkinsville:

Hopkinsville was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/