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Owensboro
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county seat of Daviess County, Kentucky, United States
Owensboro is a city in Kentucky that serves as the county seat of Daviess County, meaning it is the principal city where the county's government and courts are located. As the administrative center of its county, Owensboro handles important local governmental functions for the surrounding area.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Owensboro
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Daviess County
- Population
- 60183
- Area
- 52.876376
- Elevation
- 120
- Body of water
- Ohio River
- Capital of
- Daviess County
- Official website
- www.owensboro.org
- Image
- Owensboro2ndStAnn.JPG
- Households
- 25414
- Dialing code
- 364
Show 11 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Nisshin
- Commons category
- Owensboro, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Owensboro, Kentucky
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Owensboro, Kentucky
- postal code
- 42304
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Owensboro, Kentucky
- inception
- 1797-00-00
- P8168
- Soyga
- water as percent of area
- 6.4738
- per capita income
- 27780
- P12749
- Carrie
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Encyclopedic overview
Owensboro is a city in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States, of which it is also the county seat. It is the fourth-most populous city in the state. Owensboro is located on U.S. Route 60 and Interstate 165 about 107 miles (172 km) southwest of Louisville, and is the principal city of the Owensboro metropolitan area. The 2020 census had its population at 60,183. The metropolitan population was estimated at 116,506. 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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Owensboro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.