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Evanston (also called Evanson) is an unincorporated settlement in
Breathitt County Breathitt County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the Eastern Kentucky, eastern portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 13,718. Its county seat is Jackson, K ...
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. Established in 1950, it was named for Everett J. Evans. 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. The coal-producing area was once known as the Tiptop triangle.


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Evanston
at University of Kentucky Appalachian Study Programme {{Coord, 37, 32, 30.73, N, 83, 1, 53.53, W, display=title Unincorporated communities in Breathitt County, Kentucky