Our Town: Himlerville | Kentucky Life | KET

You won't find the name on a map anymore, but once there was a town called Himlerville. This Martin County town came into being in 1919 with the founding of the Himler Coal Company by Martin Himler, an immigrant from Hungary.

Soon over 200 houses were built for the growing Hungarian community. All the signs of early 20th century prosperity were there: a railroad, a bridge over the Tug River, a bank, a town hall, two newspapers (one in English, one in Hungarian).

The good times of the Roaring '20s would not last. The Himler Coal Company went bankrupt in 1928, and a flood nearly destroyed the town that same year. Miners finally abandoned the town during the Depression.

What was left of the town was renamed Beauty. Today the Martin County Historical and Genealogical Society is hoping to restore Martin Himler's house.

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