Daviess County (/ ˈ d eɪ v ɪ s / "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 …

The Red River Gorge is a canyon system on the Red River in east-central Kentucky.Geologically, it is part of the Pottsville Escarpment.. The gorge lies within the Daniel Boone National Forest and has been subsequently designated as the Red River Gorge Geological Area, an area of around 29,000 acres (120 km 2; 45 sq mi). It has been designated a National Natural Landmark and …

Green River flows east to west through Green County. The Paddle Trail provides canoe rentals. In the early history of the county, flatboats would take tobacco from Green County, to New Orleans. ... "History of Green County, Kentucky," by Lanny Tucker. The Cow Days Festival is held in Greensburg the 3rd weekend of September. The event originated ...

Williamsburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Whitley County, on the southeastern border of Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,245 at the 2010 census.Developed along the Cumberland River, the city was founded in …

Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky.It was founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier. It operates regional campuses in Glasgow, Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, and Owensboro.The main campus, which has been undergoing expansion and renovation since the 1990s, sits atop a hill …

Places. Western, Nebraska, a village in the US; Western, New York, a town in the US; Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia; Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia; Western world, countries that identify with shared "Western" culture; Arts and entertainment Films. Western, a French road movie directed by Manuel Poirier; Western, a German-Austrian film

The Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant. Kentucky has once won the Miss America crown. Multiple Miss Kentucky titleholders have gone on to make themselves notable: Heather French Henry, Miss Kentucky 1999, is Kentucky's only Miss America winner to date.; Mallory Ervin, Miss …

Geography. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 337 square miles (870 km 2), of which 334 square miles (870 km 2) is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km 2) (0.7%) is water.. Lincoln County is located in south-central Kentucky astride the southern part of the ring of Knobs, which separate the Bluegrass region from the Eastern Pennyroyal Plateau, the …

Gen. Green Clay established the town of Irvine on 20.5 acres (8.3 ha) of his land on January 28, 1812, four years after Estill County was separated from Madison County.It was named for Col. William Irvine, a pioneer settler of Madison County. The post office was established in 1813, and the city was incorporated by the state legislature in 1849. ...

Bardstown is a home rule-class city in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States.The population was 11,700 in the 2010 census.It is the county seat of Nelson County.. Bardstown is named for the pioneering Bard brothers. David Bard obtained a 1,000 acres (400 ha) land grant in 1785 in what was then Jefferson County, Virginia.William Bard surveyed and platted the town.