Nortonville, KY

Nortonville is a home rule-class city in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in the United States. The 2020 census counted 977 residents. Nortonville owes its existence to the railroad industry and is named for Eckstein Norton, a Kentucky-born investment banker who started as a clerk in a country store in Russellville, Kentucky, in 1846. Norton participated in the creation of the Elizabethtown and Paducah Railroad in the late 1860s. Local schools include Southside Elementary; South Hopkins Middle School and Hopkins County Central High School. Nortonville makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap.

The useful thing to know about Nortonville is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. U.S. Route 41 passes through the eastern and southern parts of the city, leading north 11 miles to Madisonville, the county seat, and south 24 miles to Hopkinsville. Route 62 passes through the northern part of Nortonville, leading east 18 miles to Greenville and west 14 miles to Dawson Springs.