Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro is a city located in Daviess County, Kentucky on U.S. Highway 60 about 30 miles southeast of Evansville, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 54,067. It is the county seat of Daviess County6.

Notable natives

• Terry Bisson, author
• Rex Chapman, NBA basketball player (born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, but raised in Owensboro)
• Johnny Depp, actor
• Tom Ewell, actor
• Wendell H. Ford, politician
• Jeff Green, NASCAR driver
• Nicky Hayden, motorcycle racer
• Jeremy Mayfield, NASCAR driver
• Dudley W. Morton, U.S. naval commander
• John M. Spalding, WWII hero
• Darrell Waltrip, NASCAR driver
• Michael Waltrip, NASCAR driver
• Brad Wilkerson, MLB baseball player