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The Magisterial District in which the City of Hopkinsville is
situated, and known as Hopkinsville Precinct No. 1, possesses little
of interest outside of the city except the mere fact of its
settlement. And this is usually the case. In most counties the
history of the district, precinct or township in which the county
seat is located centers in the town, leaving the remainder of the
precinct barren of historical incidents.
The Magisterial District or Precinct of Hopkinsville lies in the
central part of the county, and topographically and geologically
partakes of the same nature of the best part of Christian. The north
part of the precinct extends into the thin, broken country, but by
far the larger part is of the limestone soil, underlaid by clay. The
monotony is broken by gentle undulations, which rent al drainage
wholly unnecessary.
Two branches of Little River meanander southward through the
precinct, and unite in the extreme south part; there are no other
streams of any note. A large portion of the precinct was originally
" barrens," but the north part and along Little Rive produced
considerable fine timber. It has Hamby and Fruit Hill Precincts on
the north, Mount Vernon and Casky Precincts on the east, Longview
and Lafayette Precincts on the south, and Union Schoolhouse Precinct
on the west. The early settlement of Hopkinsville Precinct in
connection with the city has already been briefly given, and other
allusions to the precinct will be made as we progress with our
sketch of Hopkinsville, though, as already stated, there is little
of interest beyond the fact of its settlement.
Christian County,
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