Hopkinsville

city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States
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Summary

Hopkinsville is a city in the United States[1]. Hopkinsville ranks in the top 6% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Christian County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: James R. Knight, Jr.[5]
  • Instance of: county seat[6]
  • Postal code: 42240[7], 42241[8]
  • Commons category: Hopkinsville, Kentucky[9]
  • Local dialing code: 270[10]
  • Inception: 1796[11]
  • Official website: http://www.hoptown.org/[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hopkinsville, Kentucky[13]
  • Population: 32,966[14], 31,577[15], 31,180[16]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Hopkinsville, Kentucky[17]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19]
  • Capital of: Christian County[20]
  • Official name: Hopkinsville[21]
  • Category for people born here: Q32371179[22]
  • Category for people who died here: Q114343150[23]
  • Number of households: 13,225[24]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Hopkinsville, Kentucky[25]
  • Elevation above sea level: 161 m[26]
  • Area: 82.162016 km²[27], 79.764385 km²[28]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.4355 percent[29]
  • Territory overlaps: Hopkinsville urban area[30]
  • Per capita income: 23,333 US dollars[31]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Hopkinsville include Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport[32], an airport[33], in United States[34].

Why It Matters

Hopkinsville has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Hopkinsville is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for Hopkinsville include Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport[32], an airport[33], in United States[34].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . hopkinsvilleky.us. Retrieved . hopkinsvilleky.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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