Earlington’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Earlington. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Founded in 1870 by the St. Bernard Coal Co., Earlington was named a year later, upon its incorporation, for John Baylis Earle, the man who stuck the first pick into the hillside at the opening of Hopkins County's first commercial coal mine. Earle was a lawyer who was central to developing the coal industry in the region. Shortly after the town was founded, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad completed its line from Henderson to Earlington, and became the primary hauler in the area. The town boomed as a coal center and as the center of L&N operations on the Evansville line.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Earlington’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Earlington’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Earlington
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Earlington, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsFEMA - 20672 - Photograph by Win Henderson taken on 12-11-2…2005
CommonsFEMA - 20671 - Photograph by Win Henderson taken on 12-11-2…2005
CommonsFEMA - 20670 - Photograph by Win Henderson taken on 12-11-2…2005
CommonsFEMA - 20663 - Photograph by Win Henderson taken on 12-07-2…2005
CommonsFEMA - 20662 - Photograph by Win Henderson taken on 12-07-2…20052 historic places in Earlington
2 places in Earlington are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Kentucky - Hopkins County - Earlington - ED 54-8, ED 54-9 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.