Evanston,_Kentucky

Evanston, Kentucky

Evanston, Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States


Evanston (also called Evanson) is an unincorporated settlement in Breathitt County, Kentucky.[1] Established in 1950, it was named for Everett J. Evans.[2]

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The settlement was managed by the Pond Creek Pocahontas Company, which established a coal mine in the same year. It was later taken over by the Island Creek Coal Company which operated coal mines in the area.[3][4][5] The coal-producing area was once known as the Tiptop triangle.[6]


References

  1. "GNIS Detail - Evanston". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  2. Rennick, Robert M. (2013-08-28). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813144016.
  3. Geological Survey Bulletin. U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey; Washington, D.C. 1958.
  4. Brobst, Donald Albert (1962). Geology of the Spruce Pine District, Avery, Mitchell and Yancy Counties, North Carolina. U.S. Government Printing Office.

Evanston, at University of Kentucky Appalachian Study Programme

37°32′30.73″N 83°1′53.53″W


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