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
- ^ "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
Evanston, at University of Kentucky Appalachian Study Programme