On Hanson Road (U.S. 41) at Eastlawn Road (State Route 260), on the right when traveling north on Hanson Road.
This town, named for Henry B. Hanson, the civil engineer who planned it, was founded in 1869 and incorporated in 1873. Hanson became bustling tobacco center. "Hanson Twist" tobacco was shipped throughout the U.S. Four costly fires in 1889, 1894, . . . — — Map (db m88955) HM
On Stagecoach Road (Kentucky Route 1069) north of Tippett Road, on the left when traveling north.
Original two-room brick building,
unusual in design, was constructed
in 1830 of handmade brick from clay
on farm. It served as a stagecoach
stop between Hopkinsville and
Henderson before completion of
the Evansville, Henderson, and
Nashville . . . — — Map (db m171985) HM
On Sunset Road (Kentucky Route 260) 0.1 miles west of Hanson Road (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling west.
Civil War Confederate irregular troops operated in western Ky. These Partisan Rangers, under Brig. Gen. Adam R. Johnson, fought skirmishes and disrupted Union communications and supply lines. Among Hopkins Countians serving were 2 brothers from . . . — — Map (db m88957) HM