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[edit] Origin of Town NameThis is from an article about the origin of town names in Hopkins County is from the City Desk Column by Ernest Claytor in the Madisonville Messenger; Madisonville, Kentucky; November 7, 1949.......... Barnsley-It was named for Barnsley a city in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in England, the nativity of William Walton, a miner and publican and leader in the Knights of Labor, instrumental in founding this village. --Dlbradley1 14:06, 30 July 2008 (EDT) |