{"id":3960,"date":"2023-06-13T16:15:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T16:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:49:24","slug":"daviess-county-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/daviess-county-kentucky\/","title":{"rendered":"Daviess County, Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daviess County is a county in Kentucky, United States, in the northwestern part of the state on
\nthe Ohio River, about 35 miles southeast of Evansville, Indiana. It had a population of 103,312 at
\nthe 2020 census, an estimated 104,898 by 2024, and covers 477 square miles (1,240 km2) centred near
\n37°44′N 87°05′W.<\/p>\n

Owensboro is the county seat and the county’s only city of any size; its postal code is 42301.
\nThe county holds 1 city, 1 incorporated town, and roughly 40 census-designated places and
\nunincorporated communities, and it runs on Central Time. Its FIPS code is 21059.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Daviess County<\/h2>\n

Daviess County has no civil townships — Kentucky counties are not subdivided that way —
\nso every place below is listed against the county as a whole. Owensboro and Whitesville are
\nincorporated cities with their own governments; the rest are census-designated places (CDP, an
\nunincorporated area the Census Bureau maps for statistical purposes) or smaller unincorporated
\ncommunities with no CDP boundary at all.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Owensboro<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n60,183<\/td>\n42301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whitesville<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n580<\/td>\n42378<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Curdsville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Knottsville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maceo<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n42355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Masonville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moseleyville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Panther<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philpot<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n42366<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pleasant Ridge<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saint Joseph<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sorgho<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanley<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thruston<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Utica<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n42376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Louisville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n42377<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yelvington<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andersonville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birk City<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boston<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Browns Valley<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Delaware<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dermont<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Doyle<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ensor<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gatewood<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Griffith<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Habit<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Handyville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Livia<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maple Mount<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n42356<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maxwell<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newman<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oak Ridge<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oklahoma<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pettit<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red Hill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rome<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scythia<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spice Knob<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sutherland<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tuck<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Curdsville, Knottsville, Panther, Saint Joseph, Sorgho, Stanley, Thruston, West Louisville and
\nYelvington each appeared twice on this page’s old list — a duplicate-scrape artifact, not a
\nsecond place of the same name. Each is listed once here. Six names from the old list — Broad
\nAcres, Brook Hill Estates, Brownwood Manor, Colonial Mobile Estates, Grandview, Hunters Ridge,
\nLaffoon, Locust Hills, Normandy Heights, Parish, Rose Hill, Snyder, The Downs, Twin Lakes and
\nWoodcrest — carry no independent record as Daviess County place names and have been dropped.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n