Curdsville, Kentucky

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Curdsville
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Curdsville
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Curdsville
Curdsville (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°44′6″N87°19′54″W / 37.73500°N 87.33167°W / 37.73500; -87.33167
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Daviess
Area
[1]
  Total
0.27 sq mi (0.69 km2)
  Land0.27 sq mi (0.69 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
384 ft (117 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
94
  Density352.06/sq mi (135.73/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CST)
FIPS code 21-19288
GNIS feature ID490493 [2]

Curdsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 94 as of the 2020 census.

The area was first settled by William Glenn in 1797, who was originally from Nelson County and was the son of celebrated Native American murderer and Kentucky pioneer David Glenn. [3] William would later serve as colonel of the local "cornstalk" militia following the War of 1812 [4] as well as a representative in the state legislature in 1817 [5] [6] and sheriff of Daviess County from 1821 to 1823.

According to legend, an early settler was paid a barrel of whiskey to name the town after H. T. Curd, a steamboat captain on the nearby Green River. [7]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 94
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Curdsville, Kentucky
  3. History of Daviess County, Kentucky. Daviess County (Ky.): Inter-state Publishing Company. 1883. p. 556.
  4. General Assembly, Kentucky (1816). Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Kentucky: State Journal Company. p. 195,219.
  5. Collins, Lewis (1878). Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky. Kentucky: Southern Historical Press. p. 774.
  6. General Assembly, Kentucky (1817). Journal of the House of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Volume 26 ed.). State Journal Company. p. 3.
  7. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 76. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.