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Owensboro
Nickname: BBQ Capital of the world
Location of Owensboro within Kentucky.
Location of Owensboro within Kentucky. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. barbeque block party Kansas cityjpg|thumb|right|275px|A barbecue on a trailer at a Block party in Kansas City. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America.
Coordinates: 37°45′28″N 87°7′6″W / 37.75778, -87.11833
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyDaviess
SettledYellow Banks, 1797
Incorporated1817
Government
 - MayorTom Watson
 - Mayor Pro TemAl Mattingly
 - City ManagerWilliam Parrish
Area
 - City18. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This is a list of the one hundred Daviess County is a County located in the US state of Kentucky. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Linton Parrish ( August 6, 1860 —1949 was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status 7 sq mi (48. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 3 km²)
 - Land17. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 sq mi (45. 1 km²)
 - Water1. 2 sq mi (3. 2 km²)  6. 59%
Elevation394 ft (120 m)
Population (2006)
 - City55,525
 - Density3,107. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3/sq mi (1,198. 8/km²)
 - Metro111,599
Time zoneCST (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST)CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes42301-42304
Area code(s)270
FIPS code21-58620
GNIS feature ID0500082
Website: http://www.owensboro.org

Owensboro is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky and the county seat of Daviess County. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving Areas using UTC−6 Single zone countries Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 270 presently serves the US state of Kentucky 's western counties Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. A county seat is a term for an Administrative center for a County, primarily used in the United States. Daviess County is a County located in the US state of Kentucky. [1] It is located on U.S. Route 60 about 32 miles southeast of Evansville, Indiana and is the principal city of the Owensboro, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. For the US Route 60 in the 1925 plan see US Route 66. US Route 60 is an east-west United States highway, running 2670 Miles Evansville (ˈɛvənzˌvɪl is the third-largest city in the U Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas|Table of United States Core Based Statistical AreasIn the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB has produced According to 2006 estimates, the city had a total population of 55,525 and a metropolitan population of 111,599. The city was named after Colonel Abraham Owen. Abraham Owen was born in Prince Edward County Virginia in 1769

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History

Owensboro was first settled in the 1790s by frontiersman William "Bill" Smeathers, for which the park on the riverfront is named, as well a Kentucky Historical Marker # 744 has also been erected in his honor at the park. Events and trends French Revolution ( 1789 - 1799) It is considered to have effectively ended on November 9, 1799 when The settlement was called Yellow Banks, an allusion to the color of the banks of the Ohio River. The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. In 1817, Yellow Banks was incorporated as a city under the name Owensborough, named after Colonel Abraham Owen (who is also the namesake of Owen County, Kentucky). Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Abraham Owen was born in Prince Edward County Virginia in 1769 Namesake (sometimes "name's sake" is a term used to characterize a person place thing quality action state or idea that is called after or named out of regard to Owen County is a County located in the US state of Kentucky. As of 2000 the population is 10547 In 1893, the name was shortened to its present spelling of Owensboro. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Frederick Ames came to Owensboro from Washington, Pennsylvania in 1887. Washington is a city in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He started the Carriage Woodstock Company to repair horse-drawn carriages, but in 1910 began to manufacture a line of automobiles under the Ames brand name. A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people usually horse-drawn Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Ames was an American Automobile manufactured in Owensboro Kentucky from 1910 to 1915 Ames hired industrialist Vincent Bendix in 1912, and the company became the Ames Motor Car Company. Vincent Hugo Bendix ( December 12, 1881 in Moline, Illinois &ndash March 27, 1945 in New York City) was an Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Despite being called the "best $1500" car by a Texas car dealer, production ceased in 1915. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The company instead began manufacturing replacement bodies for the Ford Model T. The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and also the Flivver) was an Automobile produced by Henry Ford 's Ford In 1922, the company again remade itself, manufacturing furniture under the name Ames Corporation. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The company finally sold out to Whitehall Furniture in 1970. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [2]

On August 14, 1936, downtown Owensboro became the site of the last public hanging in the United States. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rainey Bethea was executed for the rape of 70-year-old Lischa Edwards, who was also murdered. Rainey Bethea ( October 16, 1909 &ndash August 14, 1936) was the last person to be publicly executed in the United States He had confessed to her strangling but the Commonwealth indicted him only on the rape charge since that was the only capital crime for which the penalty was hanging.

In 1937, Pope Pius XI established the Roman Catholic diocese of Owensboro which spans approximately the western third of the state. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pope Pius XI ( Latin: Pius PP XI; Italian: Pio XI; May 31 1857 &ndash February 10 1939) born The following is the List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the United States (this list also includes not only dioceses of the Latin or Western Church but also the eparchies It includes thirty-two counties and covers approximately 12,500 square miles. [3]

In 1961, a family of vacuum tubes called the Compactron was introduced by engineers from the General Electric plant in Owensboro. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the electronic device not an evacuated pipe used for experiments in Free-fall. The Compactron is a 12-pin Vacuum tube family introduced in 1961 by General Electric in Owensboro Kentucky with the express purpose of keeping tubes in

Geography

Owensboro is located in the crook of a bend in the Ohio River at 37°45′28″N, 87°7′6″W (37. The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. 757748, -87. 118390)[4].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 48. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 3 km² (18. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 mi²). The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 45. 1 km² (17. 4 mi²) of it is land and 3. 2 km² (1. 2 mi²) of it (6. 59%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 54,067 people, 22,659 households, and 14,093 families residing in the city. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 1,198. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 4/km² (3,102. 9/mi²). There were 24,302 housing units at an average density of 538. 6/km² (1,394. 7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 90. 63% White, 6. 90% African American, 0. 51% Asian, 0. 12% Native American, 0. 02% Pacific Islander, 0. 55% from other races, and 1. 28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 03% of the population.

There were 22,659 households out of which 28. 8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44. 7% were married couples living together, 13. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37. 8% were non-families. 33. 3% of all households were made up of individuals and 14. 0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 29 and the average family size was 2. 91.

In the city the population was spread out with 24. 1% under the age of 18, 9. 8% from 18 to 24, 27. 4% from 25 to 44, 22. 4% from 45 to 64, and 16. 3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 87. 6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82. 6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,867, and the median income for a family was $41,333. Males had a median income of $33,429 versus $21,457 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,968. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 12. 2% of families and 15. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 9% of those under age 18 and 12. 4% of those age 65 or over.

Metropolitan area

According to the 2000 census, the Owensboro Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Daviess, Hancock County, Kentucky and McLean County, Kentucky. Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas|Table of United States Core Based Statistical AreasIn the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB has produced Hancock County is a County located in the US state of Kentucky. McLean County is a County located in the US state of Kentucky; its population was 9938 in the 2000 Census

Law and government

Owensboro has operated under a City Manager form of government since 1954. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The citizenry elects a mayor and four city commissioners which form the Board of Commissioners. The Board of Commissioners is the legislative body of the city government and represents the interests of the citizens. The Board of Commissioners appoints a city manager who administers the day-to-day operations of the city.

The mayor is elected for a term of four years. Each city commissioner is elected for a term of two years. The term of the city manager is indefinite.

Education

The Owensboro Public School System, Daviess County Public Schools, and the Diocese of Owensboro's Catholic School System oversee K-12 education in and around Owensboro. Daviess County Public Schools is a School district that manages the Public schools in Daviess County Kentucky, USA. In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete".

Owensboro is home to two private, four-year colleges, Brescia University and Kentucky Wesleyan College, and one public community college, Owensboro Community and Technical College. This article is about the university in Owensboro Kentucky. For the Women's college in London Ontario, see Brescia University College Kentucky Wesleyan College (KWC is a private Methodist College in Owensboro Kentucky. Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC located in Owensboro KY, is one of 16 two-year open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical Campuses of Draughons Junior College and Daymar College are also located in Owensboro, and Western Kentucky University maintains an extended campus presence there. Draughons Junior College is a career College owned by Daymar Colleges Group of Owensboro Kentucky, which is owned by brothers Mark and Damien Gabis Daymar College is a career training school based in Owensboro Kentucky. Western Kentucky University ( WKU) is a public university in Bowling Green Kentucky, USA

In 2006, plans were announced for a research center operated by the University of Louisville to be located at the Mitchell Memorial Cancer Center, a part of the Owensboro Medical Health System, to study how to make the first ever human papilloma virus vaccine, called Gardasil, from tobacco plants. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The University of Louisville (also known as U of L) is a public University in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. A human papillomavirus ( HPV) is a Papillomavirus that infects the skin and Mucous membranes of Humans Approximately 130 HPV types have been A vaccine is a biological preparation which is used to establish or improve immunity to a particular disease Gardasil ( Merck & Co) is a Vaccine against certain types of Human papillomavirus (HPV Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. UofL researcher Dr Albert Bennet Jenson and Dr Shin-je Ghim discovered the vaccine in 2006. A vaccine is a biological preparation which is used to establish or improve immunity to a particular disease Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. If successful, the vaccine would be made in Owensboro. A vaccine is a biological preparation which is used to establish or improve immunity to a particular disease [6]

Transportation

Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport serves as the region's only commercial airport. Owensboro-Daviess County Airport is a public Airport located three miles (5 km southwest of the Central business district of Owensboro, a city in US 60 and US 431 serve Downtown Owensboro. For the US Route 60 in the 1925 plan see US Route 66. US Route 60 is an east-west United States highway, running 2670 Miles There is a low clearence on US 431 in Central City KY It is.1 mile South of KY 70 Downtown is a term primarily used in North America to refer to a city's core usually in a geographical commercial and community sense Owensboro is the third-largest city in the US state of Kentucky and the County seat of Daviess County. US 231 and US 60 BYPASS form a partial beltway around Owensboro. US Route 231 is a spur of US Route 31. It currently runs for 912 miles (1467 km from St KY 81,KY 56,KY 331,KY 298,KY 54,and KY 144 also serve the city.

Cultural features

Media

The daily newspaper is the Messenger-Inquirer, owned by the Paxton Media Group of Paducah, Kentucky. Paducah is the largest city in Kentucky 's Jackson Purchase Region and the County seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States [7]

Radio Stations include WBIO (FM), WOMI (AM), WVJS (AM), WBKR (FM) and numerous other stations broadcasting from Evansville are also available. WVJS (1420 AM) is a Radio station in Owensboro Kentucky. The station airs the " Timeless " format from ABC Radio Networks One, WSTO FM 96.1 Radio, is actually licensed to Owensboro, although its studios are now located in Evansville. WSTO (961 FM, "Hot 96" is a heritage Radio station that serves the Evansville Indiana, Henderson Kentucky, and Owensboro

Although no television stations are based in the city, it is part of the Evansville television market, which is the 100th-largest in the United States according to Nielsen Media Research. Nielsen Media Research ( NMR) is an American firm that measures media Audiences including Television, Radio [8] Many of the local television stations often promote themselves as serving Evansville, Henderson, and Owensboro.

Events of interest

Owensboro considers itself the "BBQ Capital of the world"; it holds its International BBQ festival and competition every second weekend in May. barbeque block party Kansas cityjpg|thumb|right|275px|A barbecue on a trailer at a Block party in Kansas City. The International Bar-B-Q Festival is an event held in Owensboro Kentucky, every second weekend in May since 1979.

During the summer downtown offers Friday After 5, a 16-week series of free outdoor concerts on the downtown riverfront. The festival was created and sponsored by Downtown Owensboro, Inc. The festival includes live bands, events for families, and entertainment every Friday from 5:00 pm till 10:00 pm. An estimated 35,000 people attend the events. [9]

Owensboro is home to the Annual Owensboro PumpkinFest held each September at the Sportscenter/Moreland Park complex. The festival consists of food vendors, crafts people, carnival rides, children and adult activities and games, and plenty of contests using pumpkins. [10] Each year, the festival hosts a weekend long concert series featuring some of the areas top bands such as the Velvet Bombers, Sundown, Bad Kitty, and Mr. Nice Guy to name a few. The event was started by the Glenmary Sisters (also based in Owensboro) as a way to raise awareness and funds for their mission work in the southeastern United States. Glenmary Home Missioners was founded in 1939 by Father William Howard Bishop a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, to serve what he termed “No Priest Land USA [11]

Owensboro hosts one of the largest parades in Kentucky, second only to the Pegasus Parade in Louisville. It is held on the Saturday before Thanksgiving Day and features marching bands, clowns, fire trucks, beauty queens, miniature horses, and decorated floats. www.ChristmasParade.net

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Sister Cities

Owensboro has two sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:[12]

References

  1. ^ Find a County. Sister Cities International is a Non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and fostering Town twinning, especially between cities in the United States Olomouc (ˈolomoʊ̯ts ( local Haná dialect Olomóc or Holomóc, German Olmütz, Polish Ołomuniec, Latin The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, is a city located in Aichi, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated Population of 73918 and the density of 2117 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  2. ^ CoachBuilt.com - Ames Buggy Company
  3. ^ Owensboro Diocese Home Page
  4. ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  5. ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  6. ^ Two at UofL help invent vaccine - Courier Journal
  7. ^ Messenger-Inquirer Website. Messenger-Inquirer. Retrieved on 2007-07-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
  8. ^ Nielsen Media Research Local Universe Estimates. Audience Research & Development. Retrieved on 2006-12-28. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of
  9. ^ Friday After 5. Downtown Owensboro, Inc. Retrieved on 2007-07-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
  10. ^ Owensboro PumpkinFest. Retrieved on 2007-07-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
  11. ^ Glenmary Sisters. Glenmary Home Mission Sisters of America. Retrieved on 2007-07-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
  12. ^ Online directory: Kentucky, USA. Sister Cities International. Retrieved on 2007-06-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes.

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