HOPKINS COUNTY FISCAL COURT

What HOPKINS COUNTY FISCAL COURT does

Hopkins County Fiscal Court is the statutory county government of Hopkins County, Kentucky, established in 1806 and headquartered at the Hopkins County Government Center, 56 N Main St, Madisonville. It provides the full range of local government services to approximately 46,130 residents across nine incorporated cities and unincorporated areas, including public safety (Sheriff, Jail, Emergency Management, 911 dispatch), road and bridge maintenance, sanitation (seven convenience centers plus the White Plains Regional Landfill), property valuation and tax administration, business licensing and occupational tax collection, judicial services (71,128 sq ft Justice Center housing Circuit, Family, and District Courts), and emergency notification through CodeRED/RAVE systems and Smart911 registration.

The county operates a portfolio of public-facing digital and physical services built around a Geographic Information System (GIS) office established in 2007, which provides ArcGIS-based property mapping, crime data visualization, and storm shelter registry via Survey123 ArcGIS. Other notable assets include the West Kentucky ATV Park (856 acres, 20.6 miles of trails on reclaimed strip mine land), the West Kentucky Archery Complex (18,000 sq ft, the largest archery-dedicated building in Kentucky), the 4,500 sq ft Humane Society facility, and a partnership-supported MCC Regional Campus Education Center to which the county contributed $1,000,000.

The entity is funded through occupational taxes (quarterly), business license fees (annual), net profits license fees (annual), property taxes, and supplemental funding including $1.2 million in opioid settlement funds over 15 years (2023–2038, first disbursement $250,621) and grants such as the $155,500 Delta Regional Authority broadband grant. Governance is provided by Judge Executive Jack Whitfield, Jr. (elected 2018), seven district magistrates, and elected officials including the County Clerk, Sheriff, Jailer, Coroner, County Attorney, and Property Valuation Administrator. Operating status is active, with regular Fiscal Court meetings held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month.

Name

HOPKINS COUNTY FISCAL COURT

Legal name

Hopkins County Fiscal Court

Website

https://hopkinscounty.ky.gov

Company type

Public

Founded year

1806

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hopkins County Fiscal Court is the statutory county government of Hopkins County, Kentucky, headquartered in Madisonville, delivering public safety, road maintenance, sanitation, judicial, property valuation, business licensing, and emergency management services to approximately 46,130 residents across nine incorporated cities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government Services

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Legislative Bodies (92112), Public Finance Activities (921130), Courts (922110), Correctional Institutions (922140), Other General Government Support (92119)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Municipal Finance, Treasury, Budget & Procurement (BPAIACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Municipal Tax & Revenue Administration (Local) (BPAIACAD), City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB)

Keywords

• County government services
• Public administration
• Public safety services
• Road maintenance
• Emergency management

Headquarters

HQ city

Madisonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Hopkins County Fiscal Court is the governing body of Hopkins County, Kentucky, providing essential local government services including public safety, road maintenance, emergency management, and business licensing. The court administers local governance through its Judge Executive and magistrates, serving county residents and businesses. It was established in 1806 and operates as a public entity providing traditional government services.

Product overview

Hopkins County Fiscal Court operates a county government website and manages diverse public services across public safety, public works, judicial, recreational, and social service domains. The county offers direct service delivery through departments (Road, Sanitation, Information Technology), emergency management (CodeRED alerts, storm shelter registry), recreational facilities (West Kentucky ATV Park, West Kentucky Archery Complex), and administrative services (business licensing, property valuation). Key digital services include an opioid settlement grant application portal and GIS mapping services. The county government is structured around the Fiscal Court (legislative body), Judge Executive (chief administrative officer), seven magistrate districts, and various elected officials and departments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Opioid settlement funds of $1.2 million to be distributed over 15 years for prevention and treatment programs
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ConnectGRADDcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2019Agreement with ConnectGRADD (a service provided by QWireless in partnership with Green River Area Development District) to facilitate broadband access expansion in Hopkins County.
• Green River Area Development District (GRADD)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership with GRADD which includes Webster, McLean, Henderson, Ohio, Daviess, Hancock, and Union counties for broadband expansion initiative.
• Hopkins County Humane Society (Non-profit)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Partnership with non-profit Hopkins County Humane Society and City of Madisonville to provide humane treatment of homeless, mistreated or abandoned animals. County built 4,500 sq ft facility in 2013 using grant and coal severance money.
• Hopkins County School SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004School Counts! program launched in 2004 to provide every student the ability to attend up to 2 years of college, partnership between school system and Madisonville Community College.
• Madisonville Community CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004Partnership for School Counts! program offering tuition-free college credits for Hopkins County students.
• QWirelesscoreTechnology or IntegrationPartner with QWireless for broadband internet service provision to rural residents of Hopkins County.
• Pennyrile Area Development District (PADD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPADD assisted Hopkins County with research and grant application for broadband expansion project, working with Delta Regional Authority.
• Madisonville Community College (MCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHopkins County dedicated $1,000,000 to help construct MCC Regional Campus Education Center, a top priority partnership to increase educational levels in the county.
• Murray State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMurray State University offers a full service office at the MCC Regional Campus in Hopkins County for students enrolled in Murray State courses and programs.
• City of MadisonvillecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity partnership with county for Humane Society facility and various community initiatives.
• Kentucky General AssemblycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKentucky General Assembly authorized Justice Center project in 2006 and approved its funding in 2008.
• First Responder Advisory BoardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiated the voluntary Storm Shelter Registry program to provide emergency responders with database of storm shelter locations.

Scale indicators18 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Webster County Fiscal Court (Kentucky): Small rural Kentucky county government in the GRADD region. Offers near-peer comparison for tax base, GIS capabilities, and recreational facility investments in similar-sized counties.
• Ohio County Fiscal Court (Kentucky): Small western Kentucky county government sharing the same fiscal court structure, same broadband grant partners (GRADD/QWireless), and similar demographic and economic profile. Nearest comparable for population-scale benchmarking.
• Henderson County Fiscal Court (Kentucky): Western Kentucky county government in the GRADD region with comparable judicial, public safety, and emergency management infrastructure. Useful peer for benchmarking service delivery and recreation (atv/parks) investment.
• Muhlenberg County Fiscal Court (Kentucky): Adjacent western Kentucky county fiscal court with comparable population, similar coal-economy transition challenges, and parallel opioid settlement and infrastructure programs. Shares the GRADD/PADD regional development district ecosystem.
• Daviess County Fiscal Court (Kentucky): Larger GRADD-member county government (Owensboro metro) operating under the same Fiscal Court statute. Useful comparable for service scale, GIS maturity, and occupational tax administration.
• Christian County Fiscal Court (Kentucky): Western Kentucky county government of similar scale providing the same basket of public services (fiscal court, sheriff, jail, sanitation, road department, emergency management). Directly comparable structure and statutory authority under Kentucky Revised Statutes.

Broad incumbents

• Kentucky Department of Local Government: State-level oversight and funding authority for Kentucky county fiscal courts. Sets the regulatory/financial framework under which Hopkins County operates and channels grants and opioid settlement funds.
• Warren County Fiscal Court (Kentucky): Kentucky county government operating Bowling Green metro. Operates under the same Fiscal Court statute but at significantly larger scale; useful comparable for what a high-growth Hopkins County could look like.

Others

• National Association of Counties (NACo): National membership and advocacy organization for U.S. counties. Not a direct peer but provides the standard benchmarking, best-practice, and federal-grant access framework against which Hopkins County's service delivery can be compared.
• Madisonville-Hopkins County Industrial Development Authority: Joint city-county economic development corporation promoting Hopkins County on investormadisonvilleky.com. Belongs to the same governance ecosystem and is the primary conduit for tax-base and recruitment outcomes discussed in the bull case.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Hopkins-County-Humane-Society-133514756813598
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hopkins-county-fiscal-court

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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