Island, Kentucky

Island is a McLean county city about eight miles southeast of Calhoun. It was named for the land of Judge William Worthington, which was often surrounded by flood water. Island Station was created on the new Owensboro and Nashville Railroad in 1872.

The Worthington post office opened in 1829 and closed in 1860. The Island Station post office opened in 1873 and was renamed Island in 1882.

Island was incorporated in 1882.

The population in 2020 was 436.

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