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Hindman, Kentucky
Hindman (locally /ˈhaɪndmən/) is a home rule-class city in, and the county seat of, Knott County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 701 at the 2020 U.S. census.
Hindman is located just west of the center of Knott County at 37°20′14″N 82°58′52″W / 37.33722°N 82.98111°W (37.337174, -82.981147). It sits in the valley of Troublesome Creek, at the junction of its Left Fork and Right Fork. Kentucky Routes 160 and 550 pass through the center of town, and Kentucky Route 80, a four-lane highway, passes just north of the city limits. KY 80 leads northeast 29 miles (47 km) to Prestonsburg and southwest 16 miles (26 km) to the outskirts of Hazard.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Hindman has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.1 km2), all land. Via Troublesome Creek, the city is within the watershed of the Kentucky River.
Before Hindman was established, the area was known as The Forks of Troublesome.
The land for the town was provided by local landowner and postmaster Peyton Duke, but Hindman was named in honor of James Hindman, who was the lieutenant governor when the town was founded in 1884 to serve as the seat of government for the newly formed Knott County.
Early town politics included conflicts between the early settlers of The Forks, with fights between factions led by Anderson Hays and Clabe Jones in which several people were killed, including one where Clabe and supporters were barricaded in the Hindman jail and Hays and supporters were across the street in a log house.
Education in early Hindman was initially provided by George Clark from Greenup County, with the Hindman Settlement School founded in 1902, thanks to money raised by early settler Solomon Everidge (who was 80 years old at the time), and education provided by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Movement (WCTU). Everidge gifted 2 acres (0.81 ha) of his own land, which was combined with Clarke's existing schoolhouse and the purchase of another 1 acre (0.40 ha). In the first year of the Settlement School it had 162 pupils.
The schoolhouse burned down 3 times in the school's first decade, once in November 1905, again in November 1906, and the third time in 1910. After the third fire, the teachers left for Lexington, Ky., but were persuaded to return, with the school reconstructed in August 1912.j
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Hindman, Kentucky
Hindman (locally /ˈhaɪndmən/) is a home rule-class city in, and the county seat of, Knott County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 701 at the 2020 U.S. census.
Hindman is located just west of the center of Knott County at 37°20′14″N 82°58′52″W / 37.33722°N 82.98111°W (37.337174, -82.981147). It sits in the valley of Troublesome Creek, at the junction of its Left Fork and Right Fork. Kentucky Routes 160 and 550 pass through the center of town, and Kentucky Route 80, a four-lane highway, passes just north of the city limits. KY 80 leads northeast 29 miles (47 km) to Prestonsburg and southwest 16 miles (26 km) to the outskirts of Hazard.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Hindman has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.1 km2), all land. Via Troublesome Creek, the city is within the watershed of the Kentucky River.
Before Hindman was established, the area was known as The Forks of Troublesome.
The land for the town was provided by local landowner and postmaster Peyton Duke, but Hindman was named in honor of James Hindman, who was the lieutenant governor when the town was founded in 1884 to serve as the seat of government for the newly formed Knott County.
Early town politics included conflicts between the early settlers of The Forks, with fights between factions led by Anderson Hays and Clabe Jones in which several people were killed, including one where Clabe and supporters were barricaded in the Hindman jail and Hays and supporters were across the street in a log house.
Education in early Hindman was initially provided by George Clark from Greenup County, with the Hindman Settlement School founded in 1902, thanks to money raised by early settler Solomon Everidge (who was 80 years old at the time), and education provided by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Movement (WCTU). Everidge gifted 2 acres (0.81 ha) of his own land, which was combined with Clarke's existing schoolhouse and the purchase of another 1 acre (0.40 ha). In the first year of the Settlement School it had 162 pupils.
The schoolhouse burned down 3 times in the school's first decade, once in November 1905, again in November 1906, and the third time in 1910. After the third fire, the teachers left for Lexington, Ky., but were persuaded to return, with the school reconstructed in August 1912.j