Vanderburgh County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020,the population was 180,136. The county seat is in Evansville. While Vanderburgh County was the eighth-largest county in 2020 population in Indiana,it is also the eighth-smallest county in area and the smallest in southwestern Indiana,covering only 236 square miles (610 km2). Vanderburgh County forms the core of the Evansville metropolitan statistical area.
Evansville is a city in and the county seat of Vanderburgh County,Indiana,United States. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 census,it is Indiana's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne,the most populous city in Southern Indiana,and the 249th-most populous city in the United States. It is the central city of the Evansville metropolitan area,a hub of commercial,medical,and cultural activity of southwestern Indiana and the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area,which is home to over 911,000 people. The 38th parallel north crosses the north side of the city and is marked on Interstate 69 immediately north of its junction with Indiana 62 within the city's east side.
Rupert Vance Hartke was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977. Hartke won election to the Senate after serving as the mayor of Evansville,Indiana. In the Senate,he supported the Great Society and became a prominent opponent of the Vietnam War. Hartke ran for president in the 1972 Democratic primaries but withdrew after the first set of primaries. He left the Senate after being defeated in his 1976 re-election campaign by Richard Lugar.
WEHT is a television station in Evansville,Indiana,United States,affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group,which provides certain services to CW outlet WTVW under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Mission Broadcasting. The two stations share studios on Marywood Drive in Henderson,Kentucky,where WEHT's transmitter is also located.
Suzanne Crouch is an American politician who has served as the 52nd lieutenant governor of Indiana since 2017. She previously served as the 56th state auditor of Indiana from 2014 to 2017. In 2024 she ran for governor of Indiana,losing the primary election to U.S. Senator Mike Braun.
Jonathan David Weinzapfel is an American politician,attorney,businessman,and Democratic nominee for Indiana Attorney General in the 2020 election. Weinzapfel formerly served as the 33rd mayor of Evansville,Indiana. He was elected in November 2003 and again in 2007. He did not run for a third term in office,and was succeeded by Lloyd Winnecke. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He most previously served as the Chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College's Southwest campus,a position he held from 2014 to 2019.
Francis Xavier McCloskey was an American journalist,lawyer,and politician from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1983 to 1995.
State Road 62 (SR 62) in the U.S. state of Indiana is an east–west route that travels 204 miles (328 km) from the Illinois state line in the southwest corner of Indiana to the Louisville,Kentucky area,then northeast toward the Cincinnati,Ohio area.
Evansville Central High School,also known as Central High,is a public high school on the north side of Evansville,Indiana. It is the oldest high school in continuous operation west of the Allegheny Mountains. It was established in 1854 as Evansville High School. The name was changed to Central High School in 1918 when FJ Reitz High School was built.
The Lloyd Expressway is a major east–west traffic artery located in Vanderburgh County,Indiana. The route primarily runs through Evansville,Indiana,reaching from Interstate 69 on the east side of the city to the Posey County line west of the city limits. West of US 41,the expressway is signed as Indiana State Road 62 (SR 62). East of US 41,it is signed as Indiana State Road 66 (SR 66).
Philip Harold Hayes was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana. He was a U.S. Representative,serving in Congress for one term from 1975 to 1977.
Russell G. Lloyd Sr. was an American politician who served as mayor of Evansville,Indiana from 1972 until his assassination in 1980.
Russell G. Lloyd Jr. is an American Republican politician in Evansville,Indiana.
The Ford Center is a multi-use indoor arena in downtown Evansville,Indiana,with a maximum seating capacity of 11,000. It officially opened in November 2011 and is mainly used for basketball,ice hockey,and music concerts. It is home to the Evansville Thunderbolts minor league hockey team in the SPHL and the Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team,representing the University of Evansville. The UE women's basketball team also played at Ford Center from the venue's opening,but moved its home games back to its campus starting with the 2017–18 season.
Downtown Evansville is the central business district of Evansville,Indiana. The boundaries of downtown Evansville have changed as the city has grown,but they are generally considered to be between Canal Street at the south and east,the Lloyd Expressway to the north,Pigeon Creek to the northwest,and the Ohio River to the southeast south and southwest. Downtown Evansville is entirely within Pigeon Township.
The 2016 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2016,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Indiana,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on May 3,2016. Republican lieutenant governor Eric Holcomb won the race with 51.4% of the vote.
Joshua Claybourn is an American attorney,author,and historian considered one of the foremost living scholars on Abraham Lincoln’s youth in Indiana.
Elections are held in Evansville,Indiana to elect the city's mayor. Currently,such elections are regularly scheduled to be held every four years,in the year immediately preceding that of United States presidential elections.
Tim O'Brien is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from the 78th district. He assumed office on March 30,2021.
James Garrard Jones was an American politician,lawyer,soldier,and judge who served as the first mayor of Evansville,Indiana (1847–1853),and as the third Indiana Attorney General (1860–1861).
