History

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." — The 19th Amendment

One historical tidbit woven into Charles Mayfield Meacham's History of Christian County was an ordinance passed in 1906 prohibiting cows from running at large.

Mary Bronaugh devoted much of her adult life to civic and political work. A suffragist, she was a founding member and the first chairwoman of the Kentucky League of Women Voters.

When Kentucky was established in 1792, the commonwealth was divided into nine counties. Eight years later, there were 42 counties.

Many of Hopkinsville's downtown street names were changed following a vote of the city council around 1886.

Charles Meacham, a longtime Hopkinsville journalist and the city’s former mayor, wrote the last comprehensive history of Christian County.

Following their deaths in the winter of 1838-39, the graves of Whitepath and Fly Smith were marked by field stone and eventually became obscured by overgrowth.

The manhole cover, which features images of Dorris and two sanitation workers from the early 1900s, can be found at the center of Ninth and Main streets.

Today the building is the Woody Winfree Fire and Transportation Museum. It is operated by the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County.

Brim said he learned to play guitar while listening to Tampa Red and Big Bill Broonzy records.

Patterson Tilford Frazer Jr. was born on a tenant farm at Allensville in 1889. He earned his medical degree in Nashville and later practiced medicine in Hopkinsville, where he installed a swimming pool for black residents.

As part of the Chitlin' Circuit, Hopkinsville was host to Little Richard, Ray Charles, Ike and Tina Turner and many other famous Black musicians from the 1930s through the '60s.