Ilsley, Kentucky
Ilsley is an unincorporated community[disputed – discuss] and coal town located in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States.
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
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ilsley, Kentucky
- ^ Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed, Volume 2. State of Kentucky. 1890. p. 618. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ Ion Beverly Nall (1902). Hand Book of Kentucky. Brookhaven Press. p. 149. ISBN 1403500541. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 20. Kentucky Historical Society. 1922. p. 42. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ Coal and Coal Trade Journal, Volume 52. 1921. p. 1308.
- ^ Abandoned Railroad Corridors in Kentucky: An Inventory and Assessment. Kentucky Department for Local Government. June 2003. pp. 91–93. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ Estep, Bill (April 2, 2020). "'Hurting in their heart.' KY church in spotlight after coronavirus spread at revival". Lexington HeraldLeader. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ "Hopkins County church at center of COVID-19 outbreak". Kentucky New Era. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
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