
The Illinois Central Railroad and the newly revised Western Kentucky Parkway define the industrial and transit corridor of this Hopkins County landscape in the early 1960s. The town of Saint Charles serves as a central hub, while smaller settlements like Ilsley, Carbondale, and Hamby are scattered among a terrain heavily shaped by extraction. Numerous strip mines dominate the topography, particularly across the Bunt Hills and near Ilsley Siding, revealing the intensity of the regional coal economy.
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1907 · Earlington
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1909 · Dawson Springs
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1909 · Earlington
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1909 · Madisonville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1911 · Dawson Springs
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1912 · Nortonville
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1952 · Crofton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Dawson Springs SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Nortonville
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1953 · Madisonville East
USGS Topo · 1:24,000