Ilsley, Kentucky

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

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

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 & 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]

In April 2020 a church in the community was at the centre of an outbreak of COVID-19 due to poor social distancing practises compounded by the claim that only influenza had been spreading at the church. A revival event at the Church on 14–15 March 2020 had led to 24 cases of COVID-19 and two deaths.[7][8]

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.
  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.
  7. Estep, Bill (April 2, 2020). "'Hurting in their heart.' KY church in spotlight after coronavirus spread at revival". Lexington HeraldLeader. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  8. "Hopkins County church at center of COVID-19 outbreak". Kentucky New Era. Retrieved November 30, 2020.


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