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Daviess County ( "Davis"), is a county in Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,312. Its county seat is Owensboro. The county was formed from part of Ohio County on January 14, 1815.
The Wabash Valley is a region located in sections of both Illinois and Indiana. It is named for the Wabash River and, as the name is typically used, spans the middle to the middle-lower portion of the river's valley and is centered at Terre Haute, Indiana. The term Wabash Valley is frequently used in local media in Clinton, Lafayette, Mount Carmel, Princeton, Terre Haute, and Vincennes all of which are either on or near the Lower Wabash River.
Ben Hawes Golf Course and Park is a park located just outside Owensboro, Kentucky, in Daviess County. The park encompasses 297 acres (1.20 km2), and was named after the former Mayor of Owensboro, Benjamin W. Hawes. It was acquired by the City of Owensboro in 1962. The Park opened Memorial Day in 1964. The City of Owensboro operated the golf course and park until 1980 when the property was sold to the Commonwealth of Kentucky to be operated as a state park. In 2010, the City reacquired the property.
Daviess County High School is located in Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. It is one of the largest schools in the area, with roughly 1750 students. It is part of the Daviess County Public Schools system. Its sister school is Apollo High School. Daviess County Middle School and College View Middle School feed into Daviess County High School.
Apollo High School is a high school that is part of the Daviess County Public Schools district, located in Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. It was named after the Apollo Space Program, and opened in 1969 as a junior high school. It then converted into a high school in 1972 and held its first graduation in 1974. The school paper is named The Challenger, after the Space Shuttle Challenger. This school also has a marching band program called the Apollo Marching Eagles.
The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky is the federal district court for the western part of the state of Kentucky.
Yelvington Baptist Church organized on June 30, 1813, about two miles west of its present location in Yelvington, Kentucky, is the oldest Southern Baptist congregation in Daviess County, Kentucky. When organized the church adopted its original name as "Panther Creek Church of Ohio County, near Yellowbanks." This name was adopted because of what is now known as Yelvington was in Ohio County at that time. In 1817 the name was changed to "Rock Spring", and in 1854 the name was changed to "Yelvington Baptist Church" and as remained so ever since. It is the oldest Baptist church in Daviess County.
Sinking Creek is a stream in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Ohio River.
Sinking Creek is a stream in Jessamine County, Kentucky, in the United States.
Lynn Camp Creek is a stream in Hart and LaRue counties, Kentucky, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Green River.
Blackford Creek is a stream in Daviess and Hancock counties, Kentucky, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Ohio River.
No Creek is a stream in Ohio County, Kentucky, in the United States.
Big Creek is a stream in Harrison and Daviess counties of northern Missouri. It is a tributary of the Grand River.
Clear Creek is a stream in eastern Daviess County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Grand River.
Grindstone Creek is a stream in Clinton, DeKalb and Daviess counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Grand River.
Hickory Creek is a stream in Daviess and Grundy counties of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Thompson River.
Moseleyville is an census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 470 as of the 2020 census.
Thruston is an unincorporated community located in Daviess County in the U.S. state of Kentucky, northeast of Owensboro.
Glenville is an unincorporated community in McLean County, Kentucky, United States.
Newman is an unincorporated community in Daviess County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pup Creek
- ↑ History of Daviess County, Kentucky. Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, Biographies of Representative Citizens. Inter-state Publishing Company. 1883. p. 599.
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