Ilsley, Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Ilsley, Kentucky
Ilsley is located in Kentucky
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Ilsley is located in the United States
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Coordinates: 37°11′48″N 87°36′44″W / 37.19667°N 87.61222°W / 37.19667; -87.61222
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyHopkins
Elevation
486 ft (148 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID494887[1]

Ilsley is an unincorporated community[disputeddiscuss] and coal town located in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States.

An act of incorporation for the town was passed in 1890.[2] By 1902 the town had a post office.[3] In the 1920s the community was home to mining operations[4] with two pits each producing 500 tons a day of coal and a plant producing 650 tons of strip a day.[5]

The Paducah and Louisville Railroad passed through the community until the tracks were removed in 2001. As of 2003 a trail was planned to replace the removed track.[6]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ilsley, Kentucky
  2. ^ Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed, Volume 2. State of Kentucky. 1890. p. 618. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Ion Beverly Nall (1902). Hand Book of Kentucky. Brookhaven Press. p. 149. ISBN 1403500541. Retrieved November 30, 2020. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  4. ^ Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 20. Kentucky Historical Society. 1922. p. 42. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  5. ^ Coal and Coal Trade Journal, Volume 52. 1921. p. 1308.
  6. ^ Abandoned Railroad Corridors in Kentucky: An Inventory and Assessment. Kentucky Department for Local Government. June 2003. pp. 91–93. Retrieved November 30, 2020.


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