St. Charles, KY

St. Charles is a home rule-class city in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States. The 2020 census counted 273 residents. Woodruff by the Saint Bernard Mining Company. In 1873, the post office was established under the name "Woodruff", but when the city was incorporated in 1874, the name was changed to "St. Charles" for now unknown reasons. A newcomer can read St. Charles through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, St. Charles comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. U.S. Route 62 passes through the southern part of the community, leading east 6 miles to Nortonville and west 8 miles to Dawson Springs.