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]
References edit
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Evanston". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- ^ Rennick, Robert M. (2013-08-28). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813144016.
- ^ Baker, John Augustus; Price, William Evans (1956). Public and Industrial Water Supplies of the Eastern Coal Field Region, Kentucky.
- ^ Watson, Judge (1993). Eastern Kentucky, Economic and Cultural, 1900-1962. J. Watson.
- ^ Geological Survey Bulletin. U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey; Washington, D.C. 1958.
- ^ Brobst, Donald Albert (1962). Geology of the Spruce Pine District, Avery, Mitchell and Yancy Counties, North Carolina. U.S. Government Printing Office.
External links edit
Evanston, at University of Kentucky Appalachian Study Programme