Owensboro
| Owensboro | |
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| Nickname : BBQ Capital of the world | |
 Historic downtown, corner of 2nd and St. Ann Street |
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| Location of Owensboro, Kentucky | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1797 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Kentucky |
| County : | Daviess County |
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 45 ′ N , 87 ° 7 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
57,265 (as of 2010) 114,752 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,269.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 48.3 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) of which 45.1 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 120 m |
| Postcodes : | 42301-42304 |
| Area code : | +1 270 and 364 |
| FIPS : | 21-58620 |
| GNIS ID : | 0500082 |
| Website : | www.owensboro.org |
Owensboro is the fourth largest city in the US state of Kentucky and the county seat of Daviess County with over 57,000 residents . The city is named after the politician Abraham Owen (1769–1811).
Owensboro describes himself due to take place there every year " International Bar-BQ Festival " as "BBQ Capital of the World" (barbecue capital of the world) .
Owensboro is the seat of the Owensboro Diocese .
geography
Owensboro's geographic coordinates are 37 ° 45 ′ N , 87 ° 7 ′ W (37.757748, −87.118390). The place is about 50 km southeast of Evansville , Indiana on the southern bank of a bend of the Ohio River . US Highway 60 runs through the town in an east-west direction. US Highway 431 branches off downtown to the south. US Highway 231 runs north-south from Owensville past the metropolitan area. A bypass road, the Wendell Ford Bypass , leads the through traffic south around the city and mainly connects the Audubon Parkway coming from Henderson to the west with the William H. Natcher Green River Parkway leading south-east to Bowling Green .
Owensboro-Daviess County Airport is located in southwest Owensboro .
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 48.3 km² , of which 45.1 km² is land and 3.2 km² is water.
sons and daughters of the town
- Albert S. Marks (1836-1891), politician
- Hardin Craig (1875–1968), literary scholar
- Tom Powers (1890–1955), stage and film actor
- Eugene Oberst (1901–1991), track and field athlete
- Dudley Walker Morton (1907–1943), submarine commander in World War II
- Tom Ewell (1909-1994), actor
- Wendell Ford (1924–2015), Kentucky politician, governor, and senator
- GC Spencer (1925–2007), racing car driver
- Cliff Hagan (born 1931), basketball player
- Stephen F. Cohen (* 1938), Russian scholar
- Charles O. Cecil (* 1940), diplomat
- Reggie Johnson (born 1940), jazz bassist
- Darrell Waltrip (born 1947), NASCAR racing driver
- Nick Varner (born 1948), pool player
- Johnny Depp (born 1963), actor
- Michael Waltrip (* 1963), NASCAR racing driver
- Billy Sperlich (* 1977), German-American sports scientist
- Nicky Hayden (1981-2017), motorcycle racer
- Roger Lee Hayden (* 1983), motorcycle racer
- Haley Strode (born 1987), actress
Twin cities
Owensboro has two twin cities :
Others
The last public execution in the United States took place in Owensboro on August 14, 1936. 22-year-old African American Rainey Bethea was hanged in front of about 20,000 spectators.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Online directory: Kentucky, USA . Sister Cities International. Archived from the original on February 13, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 11, 2010.
- ^ The last public hanging in the United States at todayifoundout.com, accessed March 14, 2018
