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class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Arts and culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Arts_and_culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Arts and culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Arts_and_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Music</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Events</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Points_of_interest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Points_of_interest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Points of interest</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Points_of_interest-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government"> 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</div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Notable people subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Politicians" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politicians"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Politicians</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Politicians-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Entertainers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Entertainers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Entertainers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Entertainers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Authors_and_journalists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Authors_and_journalists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.4</span> <span>Authors and journalists</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Authors_and_journalists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Others" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Others"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.5</span> <span>Others</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Others-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro_(Kentucky)" title="Owensboro (Kentucky) – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Owensboro (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%88%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="اوونزبروو، کنتاکی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اوونزبروو، کنتاکی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro" title="Owensboro – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Owensboro" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B1%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%83" title="Оуенсбъроу – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Оуенсбъроу" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro" title="Owensboro – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Owensboro" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro" title="Owensboro – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Owensboro" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro" title="Owensboro – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Owensboro" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro" title="Owensboro – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Owensboro" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro" title="Owensboro – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Owensboro" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro" title="Owensboro – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Owensboro" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%8C%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%80%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF" title="Όουενσμπόρο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Όουενσμπόρο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro" title="Owensboro – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Owensboro" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro_(Kentucky)" title="Owensboro (Kentucky) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Owensboro (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%88%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="اوونزبروو، کنتاکی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اوونزبروو، کنتاکی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro" title="Owensboro – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Owensboro" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro,_Kentucky" title="Owensboro, Kentucky – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Owensboro, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%A4_(%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%8A)" title="اؤونزبؤرؤ (کنتاکي) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="اؤونزبؤرؤ (کنتاکي)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EC%96%B8%EC%A6%88%EB%B2%84%EB%9F%AC" title="오언즈버러 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="오언즈버러" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro,_Kentucky" title="Owensboro, Kentucky – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Owensboro, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro" title="Owensboro – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Owensboro" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro" title="Owensboro – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Owensboro" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95" title="אוונסבורו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אוונסבורו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE_(%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B8)" title="Оунсборо (Кентукки) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Оунсборо (Кентукки)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" 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Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Owensboro (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro_(Kentucky)" title="Owensboro (Kentucky) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Owensboro (Kentucky)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro" title="Owensboro – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Owensboro" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro" title="Owensboro – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Owensboro" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE" title="Оуэнсборо – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Оуэнсборо" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro,_Kentucky" title="Owensboro, Kentucky – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Owensboro, Kentucky" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple 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org">Owensboro, Kentucky</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ky_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ky cities">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Owensboro2ndStAnn.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Corner of West 3rd and St. Ann Streets in Owensboro"><img alt="Corner of West 3rd and St. Ann Streets in Owensboro" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Owensboro2ndStAnn.JPG/250px-Owensboro2ndStAnn.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Owensboro2ndStAnn.JPG/375px-Owensboro2ndStAnn.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Owensboro2ndStAnn.JPG/500px-Owensboro2ndStAnn.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2438" data-file-height="1473" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Corner of West 3rd and St. Ann Streets in Owensboro</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Owensboro,_Kentucky.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Owensboro, Kentucky"><img alt="Flag of Owensboro, Kentucky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_Owensboro%2C_Kentucky.png/100px-Flag_of_Owensboro%2C_Kentucky.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Daviess_County_Kentucky_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Owensboro_Highlighted_2158620.svg/250px-Daviess_County_Kentucky_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Owensboro_Highlighted_2158620.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Daviess_County_Kentucky_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Owensboro_Highlighted_2158620.svg/375px-Daviess_County_Kentucky_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Owensboro_Highlighted_2158620.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Daviess_County_Kentucky_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Owensboro_Highlighted_2158620.svg/500px-Daviess_County_Kentucky_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Owensboro_Highlighted_2158620.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="502" data-file-height="219" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Owensboro in Daviess County, 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class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Kentucky" title="List of counties in Kentucky">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daviess_County,_Kentucky" title="Daviess County, Kentucky">Daviess</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Settled (as <a href="/wiki/Yellow_Banks,_Kentucky" title="Yellow Banks, Kentucky">Yellow Banks</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">1797</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established (as Owensborough)</th><td class="infobox-data">1817<sup id="cite_ref-sos_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sos-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">1850<sup id="cite_ref-sos_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sos-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Tom Watson</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor Pro Tem</th><td class="infobox-data">Mark Castlen</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • City Manager</th><td class="infobox-data">Nate Pagan</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_Ky_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ky cities">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">22.10 sq mi (57.24 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">20.65 sq mi (53.49 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">1.45 sq mi (3.76 km<sup>2</sup>)  6.47%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">394 ft (120 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_Ky_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ky cities">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">60,183</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">60,037</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,914.15/sq mi (1,125.16/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">116,506</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%926" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−6">UTC−6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">CST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (CDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">ZIP codes</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">42301-42304</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_270_and_364" title="Area codes 270 and 364">270 & 364</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">21-58620</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">0500082</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highways</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_60_in_Kentucky" title="U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/US_60.svg/22px-US_60.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/US_60.svg/33px-US_60.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/US_60.svg/44px-US_60.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_231_in_Kentucky" title="U.S. Route 231 in Kentucky"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/US_231.svg/26px-US_231.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/US_231.svg/39px-US_231.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/US_231.svg/52px-US_231.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_431_in_Kentucky" title="U.S. Route 431 in Kentucky"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/US_431.svg/26px-US_431.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/US_431.svg/39px-US_431.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/US_431.svg/52px-US_431.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Interstate_165_(Kentucky)" title="Interstate 165 (Kentucky)"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/I-165.svg/25px-I-165.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/I-165.svg/38px-I-165.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/I-165.svg/50px-I-165.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.owensboro.org">www<wbr />.owensboro<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Owensboro</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Home_rule_in_the_United_States" title="Home rule in the United States">home rule-class</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Kentucky" title="List of cities in Kentucky">city</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in and the county seat of<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Daviess_County,_Kentucky" title="Daviess County, Kentucky">Daviess County, Kentucky</a>, United States. It is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Kentucky" title="List of cities in Kentucky">fourth-most populous city</a> in the state. Owensboro is located on <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_60_in_Kentucky" title="U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky">U.S. Route 60</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_165_(Kentucky)" title="Interstate 165 (Kentucky)">Interstate 165</a> about 107 miles (172 km) southwest of <a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville</a>, and is the principal city of the <a href="/wiki/Owensboro_metropolitan_area" title="Owensboro metropolitan area">Owensboro metropolitan area</a>. The 2020 census had its population at 60,183. The metropolitan population was estimated at 116,506.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The metropolitan area is the sixth largest in the state as of 2018, and the seventh largest population center in the state when including micropolitan areas. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evidence of <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Native American</a> settlement in the area dates back 12,000 years. Following a series of failed uprisings with British support, however, the last <a href="/wiki/Shawnee" title="Shawnee">Shawnee</a> were forced to vacate the area before the end of the 18th century. </p><p>The first European descendant to settle in Owensboro was frontiersman <a href="/wiki/William_Smeathers" title="William Smeathers">William Smeathers</a> or Smothers in 1797, for whom the riverfront park is named. The settlement was originally known as "<a href="/wiki/Yellow_Banks,_Kentucky" title="Yellow Banks, Kentucky">Yellow Banks</a>" from the color of the land beside the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio River</a>. In 1817, Yellow Banks was formally established under the name <b>Owensborough</b>, named after <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Col.</a> <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Owen" title="Abraham Owen">Abraham Owen</a>. In 1893, the spelling of the name was shortened to its current Owensboro.<sup id="cite_ref-history_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several <a href="/wiki/Distiller" class="mw-redirect" title="Distiller">distillers</a>, mainly of <a href="/wiki/Bourbon_whiskey" title="Bourbon whiskey">bourbon whiskey</a>, have been in and around the city of Owensboro. The major distillery still in operation is the <a href="/wiki/Glenmore_Distillery_Company" title="Glenmore Distillery Company">Glenmore Distillery Company</a>, now owned by the <a href="/wiki/Sazerac_Company" title="Sazerac Company">Sazerac Company</a>. The other distillery, Green River Distilling Company, started in 1885 and is also Owensboro based. It is still in operation today. </p><p>On August 14, 1936, downtown Owensboro was the site of the last public <a href="/wiki/Hanging" title="Hanging">hanging</a> in the United States. A 26 year old African American man, <a href="/wiki/Rainey_Bethea" title="Rainey Bethea">Rainey Bethea</a>, was convicted and sentenced for the rape and murder of 70-year-old Lischa Edwards in a very short time (only 37 days lapsed between the crime and the execution). A carnival atmosphere was in place with vendors selling hotdogs, attended by a large crowd including children and many reporters.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The execution was presided over by a female sheriff, <a href="/wiki/Florence_Shoemaker_Thompson" title="Florence Shoemaker Thompson">Florence Shoemaker Thompson</a>, who gained national media attention for her role in the process, although she declined to spring the trap.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (November 2018)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Before Bethea was dead, the crowd had already begun to tear at his clothes and even his body for souvenirs. The Kentucky General Assembly quickly abolished public executions after the embarrassment this caused.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The end of the Second World War brought <a href="/wiki/Civil_engineering" title="Civil engineering">civil engineering</a> projects which helped turn Owensboro from a sleepy industrial town into a modern, expanding community by the turn of the 1960s. Many of the projects were set in motion by Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry, a firm of consulting engineers then engaged in a runway redesign at the County Airport; the "Depp" in question was a member of an old and prominent Kentucky family which includes the town's most famous son, actor <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Depp" title="Johnny Depp">Johnny Depp</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manufacturing">Manufacturing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Manufacturing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Owensboro_Morton_Memorial.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Owensboro_Morton_Memorial.JPG/220px-Owensboro_Morton_Memorial.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Owensboro_Morton_Memorial.JPG/330px-Owensboro_Morton_Memorial.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Owensboro_Morton_Memorial.JPG/440px-Owensboro_Morton_Memorial.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Dudley Morton Memorial at the American Legion Hall</figcaption></figure> <p>As of 1903, Owensboro was home to several <a href="/wiki/Stemmeries" class="mw-redirect" title="Stemmeries">stemmeries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pinkerton Tobacco produced Red Man (now <a href="/wiki/America%27s_Best_Chew" title="America's Best Chew">America's Best Chew</a>) chewing tobacco in Owensboro. <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Match" title="Swedish Match">Swedish Match</a> continues to make America's Best Chew in a plant outside city limits.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro_Wagon_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Owensboro Wagon Company (page does not exist)">Owensboro Wagon Company</a>, established in 1884, was one of the largest and most influential wagon companies in the nation. With eight styles or sizes of wagons, the company set the standard of quality at the turn of the 20th century. </p><p>Frederick A. Ames came to Owensboro from <a href="/wiki/Washington,_Pennsylvania" title="Washington, Pennsylvania">Washington, Pennsylvania</a>, in 1887. He started the Carriage Woodstock Company to repair horse-drawn carriages. In 1910, he began to manufacture a line of automobiles under the <a href="/wiki/Ames_(automobile)" title="Ames (automobile)">Ames</a> brand name. Ames hired industrialist <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Bendix" class="mw-redirect" title="Vincent Bendix">Vincent Bendix</a> in 1912, and the company became the Ames Motor Car Company. Despite its product being called the "best $1500" car by a <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> car dealer, the company ceased production of its own model in 1915. The company then began manufacturing replacement bodies for the more widely sold <a href="/wiki/Ford_Model_T" title="Ford Model T">Ford Model T</a>. In 1922, the company remade itself and started to manufacture furniture under the name Ames Corporation. The company finally sold out to Whitehall Furniture in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The start of the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Electrical_Lamp_Company" title="Kentucky Electrical Lamp Company">Kentucky Electrical Lamp Company</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Light_bulb" class="mw-redirect" title="Light bulb">light bulb</a> manufacturing company was in 1899; it eventually was acquired by Kentucky Radio Company (Ken-Rad) in 1918 and later acquired by <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a> in 1945 and in 1987 acquired by MPD, Inc.,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> created the light bulbs that illuminated the first <a href="/wiki/Night_game" title="Night game">night game</a> in the history of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> on May 24, 1935, between the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Reds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Phillies</a> at <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Crosley_Field" title="Crosley Field">Crosley Field</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Owensboro plant was a major part of General Electric's <a href="/wiki/Vacuum_tube" title="Vacuum tube">vacuum tube</a> manufacturing operations, producing both receiving types and military/industrial ceramic types. In 1961, engineers at the General Electric plant in Owensboro introduced a family of vacuum tubes called the <a href="/wiki/Compactron" title="Compactron">Compactron</a>. </p><p>In June 1932, John G. Barnard founded the <a href="/wiki/Modern_Welding_Company,_Inc." title="Modern Welding Company, Inc.">Modern Welding Company</a> in a small building located near the Ohio River at First and Frederica Streets where the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bluegrasshall.org/">Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum</a> sits today. Today, Modern Welding Company has nine steel tank and vessel fabrication subsidiaries located throughout the United States, and five <a href="/wiki/Welding" title="Welding">welding</a> supply stores located in Kentucky and <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>. The company is the country's largest supplier of underground and above ground steel storage tanks for flammable and combustible liquids. The company celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Texas_Gas_Transmission" title="Texas Gas Transmission">Texas Gas Transmission</a> Corporation was created in 1948 with the merger of Memphis Natural Gas Company and Kentucky Natural Gas Corporation and made its headquarters in Owensboro. Since that time, Texas Gas changed ownership four times. The company was bought by CSX Corp. in 1983, by Transco Energy Corp. in 1989, by Williams in 1995, and by Loews Corporation in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Owensboro_KY_Military_Memorial.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Owensboro_KY_Military_Memorial.JPG/220px-Owensboro_KY_Military_Memorial.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Owensboro_KY_Military_Memorial.JPG/330px-Owensboro_KY_Military_Memorial.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Owensboro_KY_Military_Memorial.JPG/440px-Owensboro_KY_Military_Memorial.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Military memorial on the riverfront</figcaption></figure> <p>Owensboro is located at the crook of a bend in the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River">Ohio River</a>, 37 miles (60 km) southeast of <a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville, Indiana</a>. </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, Owensboro has a total area of 20.4 square miles (52.9 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 19.1 square miles (49.5 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km<sup>2</sup>), or 6.47%, is water.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owensboro has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> which is characterized by hot, humid summers and moderately cold winters. Day-to-day temperature differences can be high during the winter. Summers, in comparison, are much more stable. Severe weather, including the threat of <a href="/wiki/Tornado" title="Tornado">tornadoes</a>, is not uncommon throughout much of the year, with several notable events occurring throughout the city's history. One such event occurred on <a href="/wiki/Tornadoes_of_1952#December_9" title="Tornadoes of 1952">December 9, 1952</a>, when F3 tornado tore directly through the city, injuring three people.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Owensboro, Kentucky (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1896–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">107<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">107<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">107<br />(42) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.7<br />(7.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.5<br />(10.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.0<br />(15.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">71.9<br />(22.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.1<br />(26.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.5<br />(31.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.0<br />(33.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.5<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.6<br />(29.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.6<br />(23.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.9<br />(16.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.2<br />(9.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">70.9<br />(21.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.1<br />(4.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDEBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.6<br />(9.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.3<br />(15.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.2<br />(20.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.7<br />(24.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.3<br />(26.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.0<br />(26.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.1<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.7<br />(15.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.5<br />(9.7) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.9<br />(3.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">59.1<br />(15.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(−3.2) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.7<br />(−1.3) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(2.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.8<br />(8.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.3<br />(13.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.8<br />(18.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.6<br />(20.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9934; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.5<br />(19.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.5<br />(14.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.7<br />(8.2) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.2<br />(3.4) </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(−1.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">47.3<br />(8.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−23<br />(−31) </td> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−21<br />(−29) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7<br />(−22) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(−6) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38<br />(3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44<br />(7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42<br />(6) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27<br />(−3) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(−8) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7<br />(−22) </td> <td style="background: #5555FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−16<br />(−27) </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−23<br />(−31) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #7DFF7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.41<br />(87) </td> <td style="background: #54FF54; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.11<br />(104) </td> <td style="background: #4FFF4F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.64<br />(118) </td> <td style="background: #4DFF4D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.51<br />(115) </td> <td style="background: #22FF22; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.84<br />(148) </td> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.01<br />(76) </td> <td style="background: #6FFF6F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.76<br />(96) </td> <td style="background: #81FF81; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.31<br />(84) </td> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.46<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #7BFF7B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.46<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #60FF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.06<br />(103) </td> <td style="background: #5FFF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.21<br />(107) </td> <td style="background: #65FF65; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">47.78<br />(1,214) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #5B5BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(10) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(0.51) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(0.51) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(3.6) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">8.8<br />(22) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5 </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6 </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">107.6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1 </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1 </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-NCEI_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCEI-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-extremes_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-extremes-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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.us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>229</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>1,215</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>2,308</td><td></td><td>90.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>3,437</td><td></td><td>48.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>6,231</td><td></td><td>81.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>9,837</td><td></td><td>57.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>13,189</td><td></td><td>34.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>16,011</td><td></td><td>21.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>17,424</td><td></td><td>8.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>22,765</td><td></td><td>30.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>30,245</td><td></td><td>32.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>33,651</td><td></td><td>11.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>42,471</td><td></td><td>26.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>50,329</td><td></td><td>18.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>54,450</td><td></td><td>8.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>53,549</td><td></td><td>−1.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>54,067</td><td></td><td>1.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>57,265</td><td></td><td>5.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>60,183</td><td></td><td>5.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2022 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">60,037</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>−0.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>As of the census of 2010, there were 58,083 people and 23,380 households within the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 2,999.1 people per square mile (1,158.0 people/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 26,072 housing units at an average density of 1,394.7 per square mile (538.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 87.5% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 7.3% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.9% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.01% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.55% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 2.5% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 3.2% of the population. </p><p>There were 23,380 households, out of which 23.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were married couples living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.91. </p><p>In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.7% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.6 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the city was $37,289, and the median income for a family was $41,333. Males had a median income of $33,429 versus $21,457 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $21,183. About 12.2% of families and 18.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.9% of those under age 18 and 12.4% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metropolitan_area">Metropolitan area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Metropolitan area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 2007 census, the <a href="/wiki/Owensboro,_KY_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Owensboro, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area">Owensboro Metropolitan Area</a> includes Daviess, <a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Kentucky" title="Hancock County, Kentucky">Hancock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_Kentucky" title="McLean County, Kentucky">McLean</a> counties. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_employers">Top employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Top employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to Owensboro's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the top employers in the city were: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Employer </th> <th># of Employees </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Owensboro_Health" title="Owensboro Health">Owensboro Health</a> </td> <td>4,862 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Bancorp" title="U.S. Bancorp">U.S. Bank Home Mortgage</a> </td> <td>1,475 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Owensboro_Public_Schools" title="Owensboro Public Schools">Owensboro Public Schools</a> </td> <td>869 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>Toyotetsu Mid-America </td> <td>850 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>Specialty Foods Group </td> <td>642 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>Total Packaging LLC </td> <td>480 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/UniFirst" title="UniFirst">UniFirst</a> </td> <td>434 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>City of Owensboro </td> <td>434 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenmore_Distillery_Company" title="Glenmore Distillery Company">Sazerac Distilleries</a> </td> <td>424 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mizkan" title="Mizkan">Mizkan America Inc.</a> </td> <td>391 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owensboro was named an <a href="/wiki/All-America_City" class="mw-redirect" title="All-America City">All-America City</a> in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Owensboro placed fourth on Area Development's Top 20 Southern Cities, with a 9th-place ranking for its "recession busting factors" among the Top 25 Small Cities.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owensboro and Daviess County are served by many churches.  According to statistics from U.S. Religion Census data<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 2020, collected by The Association of Religion Data Archives, approximately 63.9% of the county population is affiliated with a religious organization.  Evangelical Protestants make up the largest contingent at 35.1%, with Southern Baptists being the largest single denomination in the county in terms of both number of congregations and adherents.  Catholics are the second largest single denomination in number of adherents, representing 22.1%. </p><p>The following is a breakdown of measurably significant 2020 statistics: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td>Evangelical Protestant </td> <td>35.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Catholic </td> <td>22.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mainline Protestant </td> <td>5.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Latter Day Saints </td> <td>0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jehovah’s Witnesses </td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black Protestant </td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Islam </td> <td>0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other Christians </td> <td>0.1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Owensboro and Daviess County are home to several historic churches.  Bethlehem Methodist Church on the east side of the county was organized in 1806, making it the oldest in the county.  Nearby Yelvington Baptist Church dates back to 1813, making it the second oldest church in the county.  Bethabara Baptist in Philpot dates back to 1825, while Pleasant Grove Baptist in Sorgho traces its origins back to 1835.  First Baptist Church in Owensboro also dates back to 1835, as does Fourth Street Baptist Church. </p><p>St. Lawrence Parish in eastern Daviess County dates to 1822, making it the oldest Catholic parish in the county.  St. Stephen Parish dates to 1839, and is the oldest parish in Owensboro. In 1937, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XI" title="Pope Pius XI">Pope Pius XI</a> established the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Owensboro" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro">Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro</a>, which spans approximately the western third of the state. It includes 32 counties and covers approximately 12,500 square miles (32,000 km<sup>2</sup>). </p><p>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dmba.org">Daviess-McLean Baptist Association</a>, dating back to 1844, is the regional hub for 50+ Southern Baptist churches in Daviess, McLean, and northern Ohio County. </p><p>Owensboro is also home to <a href="/wiki/Temple_Adath_Israel_(Owensboro,_Kentucky)" title="Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky)">Temple Adath Israel</a>. Organized in 1858 and built in 1877, it is among the oldest Jewish synagogues in the United States. </p><p>Owensboro is also the location of the <a href="/wiki/Covenant_Baptist_Theological_Seminary" title="Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary">Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owensboro is home to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bluegrasshall.org/">Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum</a> (Previously known as the International Bluegrass Music Museum<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). The museum is dedicated to the history and preservation of <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">Bluegrass music</a>, as well as hosting the <a href="/wiki/International_Bluegrass_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame">Bluegrass Hall of Fame</a> to celebrate the best of Bluegrass musicians. The venue also hosts many music events throughout the year.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bluegrasshall.org/">Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum</a> won the Governor's Award for Community Arts in 2013<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Events">Events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BBQfestival2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Owensboro Bar-B-Q Festival" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BBQfestival2008.jpg/220px-BBQfestival2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BBQfestival2008.jpg/330px-BBQfestival2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BBQfestival2008.jpg/440px-BBQfestival2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2406" /></a><figcaption>Owensboro BBQ Festival, 2008</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Owensboro is the "Barbecue Capital of the world"; it holds its <a href="/wiki/International_Bar-B-Q_Festival" title="International Bar-B-Q Festival">International Bar-B-Q Festival</a> and competition every second weekend in May.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Owensboro hosts "ROMP", "River of Music Party", a <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass music</a> festival.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ROMP has grown to 25,000 visitors a year.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lanham Brothers Jamboree is an event held every second Saturday from April through September at the Diamond Lake Resort Theater in Owensboro.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>During the summer, the city offers "Friday After 5", a free 16-week series of outdoor concerts on the downtown riverfront, which resumed after a pandemic break.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The "Owensboro PumpkinFest" is held each September at the Sportscenter/Moreland Park complex. The festival includes food vendors, crafts people, carnival rides, children and adult activities and games, and contests using pumpkins.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The event was started by the <a href="/wiki/Glenmary_Home_Missioners" title="Glenmary Home Missioners">Glenmary Sisters</a> to raise awareness and funds.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Owensboro Multicultural Festival is held each year to celebrate diversity.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Points of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Hawes_Golf_Course_and_Park" title="Ben Hawes Golf Course and Park">Ben Hawes Golf Course and Park</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Daviess_County_Public_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daviess County Public Library (page does not exist)">Daviess County Public Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owensboro_Bridge" title="Owensboro Bridge">Owensboro Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Bluegrass_Music_Museum" title="International Bluegrass Music Museum">International Bluegrass Music Museum</a></li> <li>Largest <a href="/wiki/Sassafras" title="Sassafras">sassafras</a> tree<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (located on Frederica Street next door to the Daviess County Public Library)</li> <li>Owensboro Museum of Science and History</li> <li>RiverPark Center</li> <li>Smothers Park</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Adath_Israel_(Owensboro,_Kentucky)" title="Temple Adath Israel (Owensboro, Kentucky)">Temple Adath Israel</a>, one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_oldest_synagogues_in_the_United_States" title="List of the oldest synagogues in the United States">oldest synagogue buildings</a> still standing in the United States<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Kentucky_Botanical_Garden" title="Western Kentucky Botanical Garden">Western Kentucky Botanical Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Natcher_Bridge" title="William H. Natcher Bridge">William H. Natcher Bridge</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Owensboro Oilers baseball team compete in the collegiate wood-bat Ohio Valley League. The Oilers were the KIT League's 2008 playoff champions and the 2006 KIT League season champions. The team is named for the baseball minor league farm team "<a href="/wiki/Owensboro_Oilers" title="Owensboro Oilers">Owensboro Oilers</a>" which existed in the 1940s.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Many of the city high schools produced talented college and professional athletes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Daviess_County,_Kentucky_courthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Daviess_County%2C_Kentucky_courthouse.jpg/220px-Daviess_County%2C_Kentucky_courthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Daviess_County%2C_Kentucky_courthouse.jpg/330px-Daviess_County%2C_Kentucky_courthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Daviess_County%2C_Kentucky_courthouse.jpg/440px-Daviess_County%2C_Kentucky_courthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Daviess_County,_Kentucky" title="Daviess County, Kentucky">Daviess County</a> Courthouse constructed in 1964</figcaption></figure> <p>Owensboro has operated under a City Manager form of government since 1954. Citizens elect a mayor and four city commissioners who form the Board of Commissioners. The Board of Commissioners is the legislative body of the city government and represents the interests of the citizens. The Board of Commissioners hires a <a href="/wiki/City_manager" title="City manager">city manager</a> who administers the day-to-day operations of the city. </p><p>The mayor is elected for a term of four years. Each city commissioner is elected for a term of two years. The term of the city manager is indefinite and based on performance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Owensboro_Public_Schools" title="Owensboro Public Schools">Owensboro Public Schools</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daviess_County_Public_Schools" title="Daviess County Public Schools">Daviess County Public Schools</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Owensboro" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro">Diocese of Owensboro</a>'s Catholic School System oversee K-12 education in and around Owensboro. </p><p>Owensboro is home to two private, four-year colleges, <a href="/wiki/Brescia_University" title="Brescia University">Brescia University</a> (Catholic) and <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wesleyan_College" title="Kentucky Wesleyan College">Kentucky Wesleyan College</a>, and one public <a href="/wiki/Community_colleges_in_the_United_States" title="Community colleges in the United States">community college</a>, <a href="/wiki/Owensboro_Community_and_Technical_College" title="Owensboro Community and Technical College">Owensboro Community and Technical College</a>. A campus of <a href="/wiki/Daymar_College" title="Daymar College">Daymar College</a> is also located in Owensboro, and <a href="/wiki/Western_Kentucky_University" title="Western Kentucky University">Western Kentucky University</a> has a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wku.edu/owensboro/">regional campus</a> there. </p><p>In 2006, plans were announced for a research center operated by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisville" title="University of Louisville">University of Louisville</a> to be located at the Mitchell Memorial Cancer Center, a part of the Owensboro Medical Health System, to study how to make the first ever <a href="/wiki/Human_papillomavirus" class="mw-redirect" title="Human papillomavirus">human papilloma virus</a> <a href="/wiki/Vaccine" title="Vaccine">vaccine</a>, called <a href="/wiki/Gardasil" title="Gardasil">Gardasil</a>, from tobacco plants. U of L researcher Dr Albert Bennet Jenson and Dr Shin-je Ghim discovered the <a href="/wiki/Vaccine" title="Vaccine">vaccine</a> in 2006. If successful, the <a href="/wiki/Vaccine" title="Vaccine">vaccine</a> would be made in Owensboro.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Owensboro has a lending library, the Daviess County Public Library.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Print_and_online">Print and online</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Print and online"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The daily newspaper is the <i><a href="/wiki/Messenger-Inquirer" title="Messenger-Inquirer">Messenger-Inquirer</a></i>, owned by Paxton Media Group of <a href="/wiki/Paducah,_Kentucky" title="Paducah, Kentucky">Paducah, Kentucky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Owensboro Times</i> is a local online news site.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Radio stations include <a href="/wiki/WBIO" title="WBIO">WBIO</a>, <a href="/wiki/WXCM" title="WXCM">WXCM</a>, <a href="/wiki/WLME" title="WLME">WLME</a>, <a href="/wiki/WOMI" title="WOMI">WOMI</a>, <a href="/wiki/WVJS_(AM)" class="mw-redirect" title="WVJS (AM)">WVJS</a> and <a href="/wiki/WBKR" title="WBKR">WBKR</a> broadcasting from Owensboro. One, <a href="/wiki/WSTO_(FM)" class="mw-redirect" title="WSTO (FM)">WSTO-FM</a>, is actually licensed to Owensboro, although its studios are now located in Evansville. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although no television stations are based in the city, it is part of the Evansville television market, which is the 100th-largest in the United States, according to <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Media_Research" title="Nielsen Media Research">Nielsen Media Research</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in early 2007, <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/WFIE-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WFIE-TV">WFIE-TV</a> opened a bureau in Owensboro which covers news on the Kentucky side of the market. Many of the local television stations often promote themselves as serving <a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville, Indiana</a>, Owensboro, Kentucky, and <a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Kentucky" title="Henderson, Kentucky">Henderson, Kentucky</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Owensboro_Kentucky_Bridge_over_Ohio.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Owensboro_Kentucky_Bridge_over_Ohio.JPG/220px-Owensboro_Kentucky_Bridge_over_Ohio.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Owensboro_Kentucky_Bridge_over_Ohio.JPG/330px-Owensboro_Kentucky_Bridge_over_Ohio.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Owensboro_Kentucky_Bridge_over_Ohio.JPG/440px-Owensboro_Kentucky_Bridge_over_Ohio.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Owensboro Bridge and the Indiana riverbank as seen from Smothers Park in downtown Owensboro</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Interstate_165_(Kentucky)" title="Interstate 165 (Kentucky)">I-165</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_60_in_Kentucky" title="U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky">US 60</a>, and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_431_in_Kentucky" title="U.S. Route 431 in Kentucky">US 431</a> serve Owensboro, with US 431 terminating at the former US 60 Bypass (now signed US 60). <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_231_in_Kentucky" title="U.S. Route 231 in Kentucky">US 231</a> and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_60_in_Kentucky" title="U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky">US 60</a> form a partial beltway around Owensboro. <a href="/wiki/KY_81" class="mw-redirect" title="KY 81">KY 81</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Route_56" title="Kentucky Route 56">KY 56</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Route_331" title="Kentucky Route 331">KY 331</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Route_298" title="Kentucky Route 298">KY 298</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Route_54" title="Kentucky Route 54">KY 54</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Route_144" title="Kentucky Route 144">KY 144</a> also serve the city. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Owensboro-Daviess_County_Regional_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport">Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport</a> serves, along with <a href="/wiki/Evansville_Regional_Airport" title="Evansville Regional Airport">Evansville Regional Airport</a>, as one of the region's primary commercial airports. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Owensboro_Transit_System" title="Owensboro Transit System">Owensboro Transit System</a> (OTS) offers bus transit to residents, and the Green River Intra-County Transit System (GRITS) offers specialized bus services to residents with disabilities who are not able to ride fixed-route public transportation buses. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politicians">Politicians</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Politicians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W._Ralph_Basham" title="W. Ralph Basham">W. Ralph Basham</a>, former director of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service" title="United States Secret Service">United States Secret Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendell_H._Ford" class="mw-redirect" title="Wendell H. Ford">Wendell H. Ford</a>, former Kentucky governor and U.S. senator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Henry_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Henry (politician)">Steve Henry</a>, former lieutenant governor of Kentucky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_S._Marks" title="Albert S. Marks">Albert S. Marks</a>, former governor of Tennessee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Miles" title="Suzanne Miles">Suzanne Miles</a>, member of the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives" title="Kentucky House of Representatives">Kentucky House of Representatives</a> from the 7th District</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilbur_Kingsbury_Miller" title="Wilbur Kingsbury Miller">Wilbur Kingsbury Miller</a>, federal judge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Rosenbaum" title="William Rosenbaum">William Rosenbaum</a>, member of the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_House_of_Representatives" title="Arizona House of Representatives">Arizona House of Representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Spalding" title="John M. Spalding">John M. Spalding</a>, World War II hero, politician</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_2">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Brown_(defensive_back)" title="Chris Brown (defensive back)">Chris Brown (defensive back)</a>, former NFL player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Brubaker_(baseball)" title="Bruce Brubaker (baseball)">Bruce Brubaker</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Buck" title="Vince Buck">Vince Buck</a>, NFL player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rex_Chapman" title="Rex Chapman">Rex Chapman</a>, former <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Chapman_(basketball)" title="Wayne Chapman (basketball)">Wayne Chapman</a>, former NBA and <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">ABA</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Green_(NASCAR)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Green (NASCAR)">David Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Green_(NASCAR)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeff Green (NASCAR)">Jeff Green</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Green_(NASCAR)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Green (NASCAR)">Mark Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> drivers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Hagan" title="Cliff Hagan">Cliff Hagan</a>, former NBA player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Hayden" title="Nicky Hayden">Nicky Hayden</a>, motorcycle racer, 2006 MotoGP champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Lee_Hayden" title="Roger Lee Hayden">Roger Lee Hayden</a>, motorcycle racer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Hayden" title="Tommy Hayden">Tommy Hayden</a>, motorcycle racer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Higgs" title="Kenny Higgs">Kenny Higgs</a>, former NBA player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Higgs" title="Mark Higgs">Mark Higgs</a>, former NFL player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jones_(basketball_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeff Jones (basketball coach)">Jeff Jones</a>, collegiate basketball coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Kron" title="Tommy Kron">Tommy Kron</a>, professional basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thanh_Le" title="Thanh Le">Thanh Le</a>, mixed martial arts</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Mayfield" title="Jeremy Mayfield">Jeremy Mayfield</a>, former NASCAR driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Miller_(American_football)" title="Justin Miller (American football)">Justin Miller</a>, NFL player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Oberst" title="Eugene Oberst">Eugene Oberst</a>, Olympic bronze medalist in the javelin throw</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Smith" title="Bo Smith">Bo Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a> cornerback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Vanover" title="Larry Vanover">Larry Vanover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a> umpire</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Varner" title="Nick Varner">Nick Varner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billiards" class="mw-redirect" title="Billiards">pool</a> champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Waltrip" title="Darrell Waltrip">Darrell Waltrip</a>, three-time NASCAR champion and Hall of Fame inductee; FOX sports commentator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltrip" title="Michael Waltrip">Michael Waltrip</a>, retired NASCAR driver/team owner and FOX sports commentator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Watkins_(baseball)" title="Dave Watkins (baseball)">Dave Watkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Watson_(basketball_player)" title="Bobby Watson (basketball player)">Bobby Watson</a>, former NBA player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._J._Whitmer" title="B. J. Whitmer">B. J. Whitmer</a>, professional wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Wilkerson" title="Brad Wilkerson">Brad Wilkerson</a>, MLB player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Willis" title="Ken Willis">Ken Willis</a>, former NFL player</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entertainers">Entertainers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Entertainers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monica_Beverly_Hillz" title="Monica Beverly Hillz">Monica Beverly Hillz</a>, drag queen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Depp" title="Johnny Depp">Johnny Depp</a>, actor, director, musician</li> <li>Jon Brennan, country music artist, reality TV star MTV "The Real World"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Ewell" title="Tom Ewell">Tom Ewell</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Henderson" title="Florence Henderson">Florence Henderson</a>, actress, singer, most notable of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Brady_Bunch" title="The Brady Bunch">The Brady Bunch</a></i> fame</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Olusola" title="Kevin Olusola">Kevin Olusola</a>, musician, beatboxer for <a href="/wiki/Pentatonix" title="Pentatonix">Pentatonix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Powers" title="Tom Powers">Tom Powers</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christine_Johnson_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Christine Johnson Smith">Christine Johnson Smith</a>, opera singer and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a>-nominated Broadway actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Stuart_(musician)" title="Mark Stuart (musician)">Mark Stuart</a>, vocalist for <a href="/wiki/Audio_Adrenaline" title="Audio Adrenaline">Audio Adrenaline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Booth_Wecker" title="William Booth Wecker">William Booth Wecker</a>, showman of the 1930s and 1940s</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Authors_and_journalists">Authors and journalists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Authors and journalists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Bisson" title="Terry Bisson">Terry Bisson</a>, author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kody_Keplinger" title="Kody Keplinger">Kody Keplinger</a>, author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_F._Cohen" title="Stephen F. Cohen">Stephen F. Cohen</a>, Russian studies scholar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Crawford" title="Craig Crawford">Craig Crawford</a>, political commentator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Edward_Grinstead" title="Jesse Edward Grinstead">Jesse Edward Grinstead</a> author of Western fiction</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Rediker" title="Marcus Rediker">Marcus Rediker</a>, historian and activist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moneta_Sleet,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Moneta Sleet, Jr.">Moneta Sleet, Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning photographer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Others">Others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beulah_Annan" title="Beulah Annan">Beulah Annan</a>, suspected murderer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cruse" title="Thomas Cruse">Thomas Cruse</a>, U.S. Army brigadier general who was a recipient of the Medal of Honor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazen_A._Dean" title="Hazen A. Dean">Hazen A. Dean</a>, noted Boy Scouts of America member and Scoutmaster</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadley_Duvall" title="Hadley Duvall">Hadley Duvall</a>, reproductive freedom advocate<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_W._Hager" title="Lawrence W. Hager">Lawrence W. Hager</a>, publisher and owner of the <i><a href="/wiki/Messenger-Inquirer" title="Messenger-Inquirer">Messenger-Inquirer</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_W._Morton" title="Dudley W. Morton">Dudley W. Morton</a>, U.S. naval commander</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_P._Nash" title="David P. Nash">David Paul Nash</a>, Vietnam War Medal Of Honor recipient</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Sharpe_(artist)" title="David Sharpe (artist)">David Sharpe</a>, American painter</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Owensboro,_Kentucky&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owensboro has two <a href="/wiki/Town_twinning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town twinning">sister cities</a>, as designated by <a href="/wiki/Sister_Cities_International" title="Sister Cities International">Sister Cities International</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Olomouc" title="Olomouc">Olomouc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moravia" title="Moravia">Moravia</a>, Czech Republic</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Hawes_Golf_Course_and_Park" title="Ben Hawes Golf Course and Park">Ben Hawes Golf Course and Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brescia_University" title="Brescia University">Brescia University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daymar_College" title="Daymar College">Daymar College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Bar-B-Q_Festival" title="International Bar-B-Q Festival">International Bar-B-Q Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Bluegrass_Music_Museum" title="International Bluegrass Music Museum">International Bluegrass Music Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wesleyan_College" title="Kentucky Wesleyan College">Kentucky Wesleyan College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wesleyan_Panthers" title="Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers">Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OMGcon" title="OMGcon">OMGcon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owensboro_Medical_Health_System_Hospital" 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href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDPs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curdsville,_Kentucky" title="Curdsville, Kentucky">Curdsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knottsville,_Kentucky" title="Knottsville, Kentucky">Knottsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maceo,_Kentucky" title="Maceo, Kentucky">Maceo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masonville,_Kentucky" title="Masonville, Kentucky">Masonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moseleyville,_Kentucky" title="Moseleyville, Kentucky">Moseleyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panther,_Daviess_County,_Kentucky" title="Panther, Daviess County, Kentucky">Panther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pleasant_Ridge,_Kentucky" title="Pleasant Ridge, Kentucky">Pleasant Ridge</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utica,_Kentucky" title="Utica, Kentucky">Utica</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Other<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Habit,_Kentucky" title="Habit, Kentucky">Habit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newman,_Kentucky" title="Newman, Kentucky">Newman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pettit,_Kentucky" title="Pettit, Kentucky">Pettit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philpot,_Kentucky" title="Philpot, Kentucky">Philpot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rome,_Kentucky" title="Rome, Kentucky">Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph,_Kentucky" title="Saint Joseph, Kentucky">Saint Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley,_Kentucky" title="Stanley, Kentucky">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorgho,_Kentucky" title="Sorgho, Kentucky">Sorgho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thruston,_Kentucky" title="Thruston, Kentucky">Thruston</a></li> 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Plateau">Allegheny Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_region" title="Bluegrass region">The Bluegrass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Plateau" title="Cumberland Plateau">Cumberland Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Kentucky_Coalfield" title="Eastern Kentucky Coalfield">Eastern Kentucky Coalfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Rim" title="Highland Rim">Highland Rim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knobs_region" title="Knobs region">The Knobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Alluvial_Plain" title="Mississippi Alluvial Plain">Mississippi Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Kentucky" title="Northern Kentucky">Northern Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennyroyal_Plateau" title="Pennyroyal Plateau">Pennyroyal Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Purchase" title="Jackson Purchase">The Purchase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Coal_Field" title="Western Coal Field">Western Coal Fields</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Kentucky" title="List of cities in Kentucky">25 largest<br /> cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green, Kentucky">Bowling Green</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Owensboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covington,_Kentucky" title="Covington, Kentucky">Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Kentucky" title="Richmond, Kentucky">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Kentucky" title="Georgetown, Kentucky">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Kentucky" title="Florence, Kentucky">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinsville,_Kentucky" title="Hopkinsville, Kentucky">Hopkinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholasville,_Kentucky" title="Nicholasville, Kentucky">Nicholasville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown,_Kentucky" title="Elizabethtown, Kentucky">Elizabethtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence,_Kentucky" title="Independence, Kentucky">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Kentucky" title="Henderson, Kentucky">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffersontown,_Kentucky" title="Jeffersontown, Kentucky">Jeffersontown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paducah,_Kentucky" title="Paducah, Kentucky">Paducah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radcliff,_Kentucky" title="Radcliff, Kentucky">Radcliff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashland,_Kentucky" title="Ashland, Kentucky">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray,_Kentucky" title="Murray, Kentucky">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erlanger,_Kentucky" title="Erlanger, Kentucky">Erlanger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Kentucky" title="Winchester, Kentucky">Winchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madisonville,_Kentucky" title="Madisonville, Kentucky">Madisonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Washington,_Kentucky" title="Mount Washington, Kentucky">Mount Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Matthews,_Kentucky" title="St. Matthews, Kentucky">St. Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Kentucky" title="Danville, Kentucky">Danville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Metropolitan statistical area">Metropolitan<br />areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huntington%E2%80%93Ashland_metropolitan_area" title="Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area">Ashland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_metropolitan_area,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green metropolitan area, Kentucky">Bowling Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarksville_metropolitan_area" title="Clarksville metropolitan area">Clarksville, TN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown_metropolitan_area" title="Elizabethtown metropolitan area">Elizabethtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evansville_metropolitan_area" title="Evansville metropolitan area">Evansville, IN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington%E2%80%93Fayette_metropolitan_area" title="Lexington–Fayette metropolitan area">Lexington–Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_metropolitan_area" title="Louisville metropolitan area">Louisville/Jefferson County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_metropolitan_area" title="Cincinnati metropolitan area">Northern Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owensboro_metropolitan_area" title="Owensboro metropolitan area">Owensboro</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Kentucky" title="List of counties in Kentucky">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adair_County,_Kentucky" title="Adair County, Kentucky">Adair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_County,_Kentucky" title="Allen County, Kentucky">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Kentucky" title="Anderson County, Kentucky">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballard_County,_Kentucky" title="Ballard County, Kentucky">Ballard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barren_County,_Kentucky" title="Barren County, Kentucky">Barren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_County,_Kentucky" title="Bath County, Kentucky">Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_County,_Kentucky" title="Bell County, Kentucky">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_Kentucky" title="Boone County, Kentucky">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourbon_County,_Kentucky" title="Bourbon County, Kentucky">Bourbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Boyd County, Kentucky">Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyle_County,_Kentucky" title="Boyle County, Kentucky">Boyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracken_County,_Kentucky" title="Bracken County, Kentucky">Bracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breathitt_County,_Kentucky" title="Breathitt County, Kentucky">Breathitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breckinridge_County,_Kentucky" title="Breckinridge County, Kentucky">Breckinridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bullitt_County,_Kentucky" title="Bullitt County, Kentucky">Bullitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler_County,_Kentucky" title="Butler County, Kentucky">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Kentucky" title="Caldwell County, Kentucky">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calloway_County,_Kentucky" title="Calloway County, Kentucky">Calloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Kentucky" title="Campbell County, Kentucky">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_County,_Kentucky" title="Carlisle County, Kentucky">Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Kentucky" title="Carroll County, Kentucky">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carter_County,_Kentucky" title="Carter County, Kentucky">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casey_County,_Kentucky" title="Casey County, Kentucky">Casey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_County,_Kentucky" title="Christian County, Kentucky">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Kentucky" title="Clark County, Kentucky">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Kentucky" title="Clay County, Kentucky">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_County,_Kentucky" title="Clinton County, Kentucky">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crittenden_County,_Kentucky" title="Crittenden County, Kentucky">Crittenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Kentucky" title="Cumberland County, Kentucky">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daviess_County,_Kentucky" title="Daviess County, Kentucky">Daviess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonson_County,_Kentucky" title="Edmonson County, Kentucky">Edmonson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliott_County,_Kentucky" title="Elliott County, Kentucky">Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estill_County,_Kentucky" title="Estill County, Kentucky">Estill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Kentucky" title="Fayette County, Kentucky">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleming_County,_Kentucky" title="Fleming County, Kentucky">Fleming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Kentucky" title="Floyd County, Kentucky">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Kentucky" title="Franklin County, Kentucky">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Kentucky" title="Fulton County, Kentucky">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallatin_County,_Kentucky" title="Gallatin County, Kentucky">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrard_County,_Kentucky" title="Garrard County, Kentucky">Garrard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Kentucky" title="Grant County, Kentucky">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graves_County,_Kentucky" title="Graves County, Kentucky">Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson_County,_Kentucky" title="Grayson County, Kentucky">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_County,_Kentucky" title="Green County, Kentucky">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenup_County,_Kentucky" title="Greenup County, Kentucky">Greenup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Kentucky" title="Hancock County, Kentucky">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Kentucky" title="Hardin County, Kentucky">Hardin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_County,_Kentucky" title="Harlan County, Kentucky">Harlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_Kentucky" title="Harrison County, Kentucky">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hart_County,_Kentucky" title="Hart County, Kentucky">Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Kentucky" title="Henderson County, Kentucky">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Kentucky" title="Henry County, Kentucky">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickman_County,_Kentucky" title="Hickman County, Kentucky">Hickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkins_County,_Kentucky" title="Hopkins County, Kentucky">Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Kentucky" title="Jackson County, Kentucky">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Kentucky" title="Jefferson County, Kentucky">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessamine_County,_Kentucky" title="Jessamine County, Kentucky">Jessamine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Kentucky" title="Johnson County, Kentucky">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenton_County,_Kentucky" title="Kenton County, Kentucky">Kenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knott_County,_Kentucky" title="Knott County, Kentucky">Knott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Kentucky" title="Knox County, Kentucky">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaRue_County,_Kentucky" title="LaRue County, Kentucky">LaRue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_County,_Kentucky" title="Laurel County, Kentucky">Laurel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Kentucky" title="Lawrence County, Kentucky">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Kentucky" title="Lee County, Kentucky">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_County,_Kentucky" title="Leslie County, Kentucky">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letcher_County,_Kentucky" title="Letcher County, Kentucky">Letcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_County,_Kentucky" title="Lewis County, Kentucky">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Kentucky" title="Lincoln County, Kentucky">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livingston_County,_Kentucky" title="Livingston County, Kentucky">Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Kentucky" title="Logan County, Kentucky">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyon_County,_Kentucky" title="Lyon County, Kentucky">Lyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Kentucky" title="Madison County, Kentucky">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magoffin_County,_Kentucky" title="Magoffin County, Kentucky">Magoffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Kentucky" title="Marion County, Kentucky">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Kentucky" title="Marshall County, Kentucky">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Kentucky" title="Martin County, Kentucky">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Kentucky" title="Mason County, Kentucky">Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCracken_County,_Kentucky" title="McCracken County, Kentucky">McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCreary_County,_Kentucky" title="McCreary County, Kentucky">McCreary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McLean_County,_Kentucky" title="McLean County, Kentucky">McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meade_County,_Kentucky" title="Meade County, Kentucky">Meade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menifee_County,_Kentucky" title="Menifee County, Kentucky">Menifee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_Kentucky" title="Mercer County, Kentucky">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metcalfe_County,_Kentucky" title="Metcalfe County, Kentucky">Metcalfe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Kentucky" title="Monroe County, Kentucky">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Kentucky" title="Montgomery County, Kentucky">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Kentucky" title="Morgan County, Kentucky">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhlenberg_County,_Kentucky" title="Muhlenberg County, Kentucky">Muhlenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_County,_Kentucky" title="Nelson County, Kentucky">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_County,_Kentucky" title="Nicholas County, Kentucky">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_County,_Kentucky" title="Ohio County, Kentucky">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_County,_Kentucky" title="Oldham County, Kentucky">Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_County,_Kentucky" title="Owen County, Kentucky">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owsley_County,_Kentucky" title="Owsley County, Kentucky">Owsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pendleton_County,_Kentucky" title="Pendleton County, Kentucky">Pendleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Kentucky" title="Perry County, Kentucky">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Kentucky" title="Pike County, Kentucky">Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powell_County,_Kentucky" title="Powell County, Kentucky">Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_County,_Kentucky" title="Pulaski County, Kentucky">Pulaski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertson_County,_Kentucky" title="Robertson County, Kentucky">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockcastle_County,_Kentucky" title="Rockcastle County, Kentucky">Rockcastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowan_County,_Kentucky" title="Rowan County, Kentucky">Rowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_County,_Kentucky" title="Russell County, Kentucky">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Kentucky" title="Scott County, Kentucky">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Kentucky" title="Shelby County, Kentucky">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simpson_County,_Kentucky" title="Simpson County, Kentucky">Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_County,_Kentucky" title="Spencer County, Kentucky">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_County,_Kentucky" title="Taylor County, Kentucky">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Todd_County,_Kentucky" title="Todd County, Kentucky">Todd</a></li> <li><a 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">County seats in <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albany,_Kentucky" title="Albany, Kentucky">Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Kentucky" title="Alexandria, Kentucky">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbourville,_Kentucky" title="Barbourville, Kentucky">Barbourville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardstown,_Kentucky" title="Bardstown, Kentucky">Bardstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardwell,_Kentucky" title="Bardwell, Kentucky">Bardwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beattyville,_Kentucky" title="Beattyville, Kentucky">Beattyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_Kentucky" title="Bedford, Kentucky">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton,_Kentucky" title="Benton, Kentucky">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booneville,_Kentucky" title="Booneville, Kentucky">Booneville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Kentucky" title="Bowling Green, Kentucky">Bowling Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandenburg,_Kentucky" title="Brandenburg, Kentucky">Brandenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooksville,_Kentucky" title="Brooksville, Kentucky">Brooksville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownsville,_Kentucky" title="Brownsville, Kentucky">Brownsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burkesville,_Kentucky" title="Burkesville, Kentucky">Burkesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Kentucky" title="Burlington, Kentucky">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadiz,_Kentucky" title="Cadiz, Kentucky">Cadiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calhoun,_Kentucky" title="Calhoun, Kentucky">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbellsville,_Kentucky" title="Campbellsville, Kentucky">Campbellsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campton,_Kentucky" title="Campton, Kentucky">Campton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle,_Kentucky" title="Carlisle, Kentucky">Carlisle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrollton,_Kentucky" title="Carrollton, Kentucky">Carrollton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catlettsburg,_Kentucky" title="Catlettsburg, Kentucky">Catlettsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_Kentucky" title="Clinton, Kentucky">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_Kentucky" title="Columbia, Kentucky">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covington,_Kentucky" title="Covington, Kentucky">Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthiana,_Kentucky" title="Cynthiana, Kentucky">Cynthiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Kentucky" title="Danville, Kentucky">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dixon,_Kentucky" title="Dixon, Kentucky">Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddyville,_Kentucky" title="Eddyville, Kentucky">Eddyville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmonton,_Kentucky" title="Edmonton, Kentucky">Edmonton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown,_Kentucky" title="Elizabethtown, Kentucky">Elizabethtown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elkton,_Kentucky" title="Elkton, Kentucky">Elkton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falmouth,_Kentucky" title="Falmouth, Kentucky">Falmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flemingsburg,_Kentucky" title="Flemingsburg, Kentucky">Flemingsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Kentucky" title="Franklin, Kentucky">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frenchburg,_Kentucky" title="Frenchburg, Kentucky">Frenchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Kentucky" title="Georgetown, Kentucky">Georgetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Kentucky" title="Glasgow, Kentucky">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson,_Kentucky" title="Grayson, Kentucky">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensburg,_Kentucky" title="Greensburg, Kentucky">Greensburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenup,_Kentucky" title="Greenup, Kentucky">Greenup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_Kentucky" title="Greenville, Kentucky">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardinsburg,_Kentucky" title="Hardinsburg, Kentucky">Hardinsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan,_Kentucky" title="Harlan, Kentucky">Harlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrodsburg,_Kentucky" title="Harrodsburg, Kentucky">Harrodsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Kentucky" title="Hartford, Kentucky">Hartford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawesville,_Kentucky" title="Hawesville, Kentucky">Hawesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazard,_Kentucky" title="Hazard, Kentucky">Hazard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Kentucky" title="Henderson, Kentucky">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickman,_Kentucky" title="Hickman, Kentucky">Hickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindman,_Kentucky" title="Hindman, Kentucky">Hindman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hodgenville,_Kentucky" title="Hodgenville, Kentucky">Hodgenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopkinsville,_Kentucky" title="Hopkinsville, Kentucky">Hopkinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyden,_Kentucky" title="Hyden, Kentucky">Hyden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence,_Kentucky" title="Independence, Kentucky">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inez,_Kentucky" title="Inez, Kentucky">Inez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irvine,_Kentucky" title="Irvine, Kentucky">Irvine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Kentucky" title="Jackson, Kentucky">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Kentucky" title="Jamestown, Kentucky">Jamestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Grange,_Kentucky" title="La Grange, Kentucky">La Grange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Kentucky" title="Lancaster, Kentucky">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrenceburg,_Kentucky" title="Lawrenceburg, Kentucky">Lawrenceburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Kentucky" title="Lebanon, Kentucky">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leitchfield,_Kentucky" title="Leitchfield, Kentucky">Leitchfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty,_Kentucky" title="Liberty, Kentucky">Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London,_Kentucky" title="London, Kentucky">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisa,_Kentucky" title="Louisa, Kentucky">Louisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madisonville,_Kentucky" title="Madisonville, Kentucky">Madisonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Kentucky" title="Manchester, Kentucky">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Kentucky" title="Marion, Kentucky">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayfield,_Kentucky" title="Mayfield, Kentucky">Mayfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maysville,_Kentucky" title="Maysville, Kentucky">Maysville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McKee,_Kentucky" title="McKee, Kentucky">McKee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monticello,_Kentucky" title="Monticello, Kentucky">Monticello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morehead,_Kentucky" 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