BlockHollinsworth Post Office, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Princeton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42445. It stands on Scott Branch. The Survey maps it on the Princeton West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Hollinsworth Post Office
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Halleck's Chapel and Halleck's Schoollisted 2001 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1908 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Princeton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Princeton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Madisonville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Hollinsworth Post Office (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BOTTLE RO |
| 22 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEAD BIRD |
| 21 April 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hollinsworth Post Office (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Redd Prospect | Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, Iron | Occurrence | 1904 |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dulaney | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Rock Spring (historical) | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Princeton | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| White Sulphur | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Crowtown | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Crider | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| McGowan | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Cedar Bluff | 7.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743600. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.