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Daviess County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Founded
- January 14, 1815
- Named after
- Joseph Hamilton Daveiss
- Seat
- Owensboro
- Largest city
- Owensboro
- Judge executive
- Charlie Castlen (R)
- Total
- 477 sq mi (1,240 km )
- Land
- 458 sq mi (1,190 km )
- Water
- 18 sq mi (47 km ) 3.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 104,898
- Density
- 226/sq mi (87.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .daviessky .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Daviess County (/ˈdeɪvɪs/ "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.
Daviess County is included in the Owensboro, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. Daviess County also shares its namesake with another nearby Daviess County of Indiana. Both counties are in the Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky Tri-State Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daviess County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.