The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMortons Gap is a home rule-class city in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 728 at the 2020 census, down from 863 at the 2010 census.
Mortons Gap was established in 1804. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 863 to 728 (-16%). Half of its homes were built before 1970.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mortons Gap yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Mortons Gap’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mortons Gap’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Mortons Gap, decade by decade
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1 historic place in Mortons Gap
1 place in Mortons Gap is 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
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.