Place:Daviess, Kentucky, United States

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NameDaviess
Alt namesDaviesssource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates37.7°N 87.117°W
Located inKentucky, United States     (1815 - )
See alsoHancock, Kentucky, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Henderson, Kentucky, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
McLean, Kentucky, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Ohio, Kentucky, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Masonville
Inhabited place
Birk City
Boston
Browns Valley
Curdsville
Delaware
Dermont
Ensor
Gatewood
Grandview
Griffith
Habit
Handyville
Knottsville
Livia
Maceo
Maxwell
Moseleyville
Newman
Oak Ridge
Oklahoma
Owensboro ( 1775 - )
Panther
Pettit
Philpot
Red Hill
Rome
Saint Joseph
Scythia
Sorgho
Spice Knob
Stanley
Sutherland
Thruston
Tuck
Utica
West Louisville
Whitesville
Yelvington
Unknown
Lawrence
Pleasant Ridge
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Daviess County (pronounced /'deɪvɨs/, sometimes incorrectly /'deɪviz/), is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the 58th county in order of formation; formed from part of Ohio County on January 14, 1815. The county's borders were altered in 1829 to form Hancock County, in 1830 to absorb a small area surrounding Whitesville, in 1854 to cede land to McLean County, and in 1860 to annex from Henderson County. Daviess County measures , making it 18th in size in the commonwealth. The population estimate for 2008 is 94,418. It is included in the Owensboro, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Owensboro. The county is named for Major Joseph Hamilton Daveiss (a recording error in the State Clerk's office accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected), the United States Attorney who unsuccessfully prosecuted Aaron Burr.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1812 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1815 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1815 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1815 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1820 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1822 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1853 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1820 3,876
1830 5,209
1840 8,331
1850 12,362
1860 15,549
1870 20,714
1880 27,730
1890 33,120
1900 38,667
1910 41,020
1920 40,733
1930 43,779
1940 52,335
1950 57,241
1960 70,588
1970 79,486
1980 85,949
1990 87,189
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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~kydavies/

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