Hopkinsville (dead link: December 2020), often nicknamed "Hoptown" by locals, is a town located in Kentucky's Western Waterlands.
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- Jefferson Davis State Historic Site, 258 Pembroke-Fairview Rd. Fairview, KY 42221 (7 miles east of Hopkinsville.), 36.841944°, -87.300556°, +1 270 889-6100, ron.sydnor@ky.gov. Friday - Monday 9AM - 5PM. Jefferson Davis State Historic Site is a memorial to the famous Kentuckian born on this site on June 3, 1808. A 351-foot obelisk constructed on a foundation of solid Kentucky Limestone, marks the site, and an elevator to the top gives visitors a bird's eye view of the countryside.
- Trail of Tears Commemorative Park, 100 Trail of Tears Dr., 36.85291°, -87.46965°. Dawn - Dusk. A city park that preserves an encampment used along the Trail of Tears during the forced removal of the Cherokee tribes. The park features a burial site, a restored log cabin, and a heritage center. On the first full weekend after Labor Day, an inter tribal PowWow is held at the park.
- Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County, 217 E 9th St, 36.86463°, -87.48709°, +1 270 887-4270. Tu-Sa 10AM-4PM. Just a local museum with exhibits about military, African American history and culture, and the Night Riders, a group that used to go around terrorizing local farmers who were selling tobacco to the monopoly of the times rather than stand with the regional movement to demand higher prices. 2021-09-11
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Most telephone numbers in Hopkinsville consist of +1 270 plus a seven-digit number, but the region is now served by an overlay complex of two area codes, with +1 364 being the second. A local or in-state telephone call now requires all 10 digits of the local number be dialed (omitting just the leading +1 from a local landline call).
Signage on many established businesses may still display the original seven-digit numbers; dial 270 before these if no area code is indicated.
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