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Kentucky Counties
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Kentucky Counties
Despite ranking 37th in size by area, Kentucky has 120 counties, third in the U.S. behind
Texas's 254 and Georgia's 159. |
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Daviess County, Kentucky
Daviess County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Owensboro
Year Organized: 1815
Square Miles: 462
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Court House: 212 St. Ann Street
County Courthouse
Owensboro, KY 42301-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Col. Joseph Hamilton Daveiss (1774-1811), US Attorney who
prosecuted Aaron Burr in 1806.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Daviess county was formed in 1815. It is located in the Western Coal Field region of the state. The elevation in the
county ranges from 347 to 680 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 91,545 in a land area of 462.39
square miles, an average of 198.0 people per square mile. The county seat is Owensboro.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Spencer County, Ind.
- Northeast: Hancock County
- Southeast: Ohio County
- Southwest: McLean County
- West: Henderson County
- Northwest: Warrick County, Ind.
Cities and Towns:
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- Owensboro
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- Whitesville |
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County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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