Evanston, Kentucky Explained

Evanston (also called Evanson) is an unincorporated settlement in Breathitt County, Kentucky.^[1] Established in 1950, it was named for Everett J. Evans.^[2]

The settlement was managed by the Pond Creek Pocahontas Company, which established a coal mine in the same year. It was later taken over by the Island Creek Coal Company which operated coal mines in the area.^{[3] [4] [5]} The coal-producing area was once known as the Tiptop triangle.^[6]

External links

Evanston, at University of Kentucky Appalachian Study Programme

Notes and References

1. Web site: GNIS Detail - Evanston. geonames.usgs.gov. en-us. 2017-12-21.
2. Book: Rennick, Robert M.. Kentucky Place Names. 2013-08-28. University Press of Kentucky. 978-0813144016. en.
3. Book: Public and Industrial Water Supplies of the Eastern Coal Field Region, Kentucky. Baker. John Augustus. Price. William Evans. 1956. en.
4. Book: Watson, Judge. Eastern Kentucky, Economic and Cultural, 1900-1962. 1993. J. Watson. en.
5. Book: Geological Survey Bulletin. 1958. U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey; Washington, D.C.. en.
6. Book: Brobst, Donald Albert. Geology of the Spruce Pine District, Avery, Mitchell and Yancy Counties, North Carolina. 1962. U.S. Government Printing Office. en.