Owensboro, Kentucky

Daviess County

21-58620

Owensboro, with over 57,000 inhabitants the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Daviess County.

Owensboro describes himself due to the held there annually " International Bar -BQ Festival " as the "BBQ Capital of the world" (Barbecue Capital of the World ).

Owensboro is the seat of the Diocese of Owensboro.

Geography

Owensboros geographical coordinates are 37 ° 45 'N, 87 ° 7' W37.757777777778 - 87.118333333333 ( 37.757748, -87.118390 ). The place is located about 50 km southeast of Evansville, Indiana on the southern bank of a bend of the Ohio River. U.S. Highway 60 leads in east-west direction through the town. U.S. Highway 431 branches off from Downtown to the south. U.S. Highway 231 runs from Owensville in north-south direction on the city over. A ring-road, the Wendell Ford bypass leads to through traffic south around the city and connects mainly the west of Henderson coming Audubon Parkway with the William H. Natcher Green River Parkway leading southeast to Bowling Green.

In the southwest, the Owensboro - Daviess Owensboros County Airport is located.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 48.3 km ², of which 45.1 km ² of land and 3.2 km ² accounts waters.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Johnny Depp, actor
  • Tom Ewell, actor
  • Wendell Ford, politician and former governor of Kentucky
  • Nicky Hayden, motorcycle racer
  • Tommy Hayden, motorcycle racer
  • Roger Lee Hayden, motorcycle racer
  • Reggie Johnson, jazz bassist
  • Dudley Walker Morton, U - boat commander in World War II
  • Haley Strode, Actress
  • Darrell Waltrip, former NASCAR driver
  • Michael Waltrip, NASCAR driver

Twin Cities

Owensboro has two sister cities:

  • Czech Republic Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • Japan Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Documents

  • Place in Kentucky
  • Location in North America
  • Daviess County ( Kentucky)
  • County Seat in Kentucky
County (United States) Daviess County (Kentucky) Federal Information Processing Standards International Bar-B-Q Festival Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro Evansville (Indiana) U.S. Route 60 Henderson (Kentucky) Reggie Johnson (musician)
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