Owensboro
a city and county-seat of Daviess co., Ky., on the Ohio river, and on the Louisville, Henderson, and St. Louis, the Illinois Central, and the Louisville and Nashville railroads; 40 miles S. E. of Evansville, Ind. Here are Owensboro Female College (nonsect.), St. Francis Academy, a United works, street railroad and electric light Building, waterplants, and daily and weekly newspatobacco interests. It also has manufactories of flour, shingles, brick, ice, sewer pipe, furniture, etc. Pop. (1910) 16,- 011; (1920) 17,424.