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Owensboro (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 46 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.7667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 087 06 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -87.1000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Ohio river, SE of Evansville, Indiana; was site of Union camp in Civil War, was attacked by Confederates in 1864 & town was burned; today is center of rich oil & agricultural region. |
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| Owensboro (preferred,C,V)
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............ | referring to Colonel Abraham Owen, a veteran of early Kentucky wars |
| Rossboro (H,V)
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| Rossborough (H,V)
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............ | name used in 1816 |
| Yellow Banks (H,V)
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............ | name used ca. 1800 by flatboat men, referring to color of clay along the high riverbanks |
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Owensboro (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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laid out in 1816, incorporated in 1866 |
| city (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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