Mortons Gap is a Hopkins County city of 728 residents (2020), about 7 miles south of Madisonville and 3 miles north of Nortonville. US 41 passes through the gap that gave the city its name, and Interstate 69 runs just east with access from Exit 37, an area the city has annexed. It was incorporated in 1888 and is named for Thomas Morton, a Virginia native who settled the land in 1804.

Quick answer: Owensboro Dumpster Pros delivers dumpsters to Mortons Gap, KY, in Hopkins County, near I-69 Exit 37. A garage or shed cleanout fits a 10-yard at $250–$350, and a 30- or 40-yard suits larger commercial or land-clearing work.

Mortons Gap at a glance

• Roads: US 41 and I-69 Exit 37; the Western Kentucky Parkway is 2 miles south on I-69.
• Population: 728 (2020), down from a 1910 peak of 1,266.
• Landmarks: the W.W. Kington House and the Old Morton Cemetery, where Thomas Morton is buried.
• School history: the high school merged into South Hopkins High in 1955, and the elementary and middle schools became Southside Elementary and South Hopkins Middle School in the mid-1990s.
• Former school: the 1936 school on the Morton home site has been renovated as a church.

Interstate access

Exit 37 gives large trucks an easy approach. For a new subdivision lot, a commercial site near the interchange or a farm tract, a 30-yard or 40-yard can be set without negotiating a narrow street. Residential streets in the older part of town are tighter, so choose a 10-yard or 15-yard there.

A sample Mortons Gap job

A homeowner cleans out a garage and a shed. A 10-yard at $250 to $350 takes both.

A coal operator’s house

The W.W. Kington House at 109 Crooked Street was built around 1911 with Italianate details and is one of the few early brick houses in town. Its listed features include an original hoop-and-dart cast-iron fence along the sidewalk. William Ward Kington, born nearby in 1861, worked in the mines as a young man and became a leading county coal operator. His Kington Coal Company, founded in 1907, reportedly produced 1,500 tons a day and employed 350 workers at its Mortons Gap mines. He also organized the Planters Bank of Mortons Gap in 1907 and led the Mortons Gap Ice and Light Company.

Coal and the population

The peak population, 1,266 in 1910, fits the years when his mines ran at full output. Today the city has 728 residents.

Old Morton land

Thomas Morton’s brick house burned on September 16, 1936, and the school built on its site that year is now a church. The Old Morton Cemetery holds Thomas Morton’s grave. Keep trucks and containers off any burial ground.

Prices

Garage and shed clearouts in Mortons Gap fit the 10-yard at $250 to $350, a fuller remodel the 15-yard at $300 to $450, and a roof the 20-yard at $400 to $550. The cost guide covers the rest.

Mortons Gap questions

Is the city name spelled with an apostrophe?

No. The city, the state land office and the federal naming board all write it without one.

How do I book?

Give us the street address in Mortons Gap, the size you want and your preferred delivery date when you call +1 (270) 552-0098. We will confirm the date, since Hopkins County deliveries are booked ahead, and quote the price with delivery and pickup included.

Nearby

Earlington and Madisonville. See the service area page.

More Mortons Gap Questions

Which dumpster size works near I-69 Exit 37 in Mortons Gap?

Near I-69 Exit 37, a 30-yard ($500–$650) or 40-yard ($650–$795) can work for a commercial site or a land-clearing job with room for the truck. On the tighter streets in town, a 10-yard ($250–$350) or 15-yard ($300–$450) is the better fit.

Can a dumpster go near the Old Morton Cemetery in Mortons Gap?

Keep trucks and containers off any burial ground. Place a container on your own lot or driveway, well away from the Old Morton Cemetery and its graves, and tell us the address when you book so the driver knows where to set it down.

How much does a garage and shed cleanout cost in Mortons Gap, KY?

A garage and shed cleanout in Mortons Gap usually fits a 10-yard dumpster at $250–$350. A fuller remodel moves up to a 15-yard at $300–$450, and a roof replacement fits a 20-yard at $400–$550. Delivery and pickup are included, with no fuel surcharge.

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