The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The city is named for Judge William Worthington's early 19th-century 8-square-mile (21 km2) estate, known as "The Island" from the way high water on the Green and other nearby rivers would maroon it from adjacent land. Between 1829 and 1860, the local post office operated as "Worthington". The Owensboro and Nashville Railroad connected the area in 1872; the station and new post office were known as "Island Station". Both were shortened to "Island" in 1882.
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Start Island’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Island’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Island, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Island is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Island has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is J. W. Quigg Establishment in Livermore, 3.2 miles away.
Island and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.