The Owensboro area has grown steadily, while retaining the “small town quality” of a friendly city of warm-hearted and hospitable people.  

Owensboro is Kentucky’s third largest city and is the industrial, cultural, retail and healthcare center of western Kentucky.  Owensboro, originally known as “Yellowbanks” in reference to the color of the soil along the Ohio River banks, was first settled in 1797.  

Owensboro is the county seat of Daviess County, Kentucky, and lies on the southern banks of the Ohio River, one of the nation’s major waterways, in the western Kentucky coal field region.  Owensboro is located 32 miles southeast of Evansville, Indiana, 123 miles north of Nashville, Tennessee, and 109 miles southwest of Louisville, Kentucky.  

The Owensboro area has emerged as an industrial hub of western Kentucky, attracting major manufacturing and processors in aluminum, distilling, coal mining, steel and natural gas transmission corporations.  The Owensboro area is blessed with an excellent, well-staffed hospital - Owensboro Medical Health System. This organization serves eight counties in Kentucky and southern Indiana.  

Owensboro offers wide ranges of recreational and cultural activities to its citizens.  Everything from fishing on a nearby lake to live performances of the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, one of the finest in the state, is enjoyed by our citizens. Municipal parks provide areas for picnicking, golf, tennis, softball, football and just plain relaxing.  During the summer months, the City maintains two swimming pools and the Kendall Perkins Water Park, a shallow water play area specially built for small children.  

Quality education is a priority for the City of Owensboro.  On May 3, 2000, President Clinton honored the City of Owensboro with a personal visit to acknowledge the accomplishments of the Daviess Country School System.  

The Daviess County Public Schools serving our area include:

Deer Park Elementary – 270-852-7270
College View Middle – 270-852-7500
Daviess County High – 270-852-7300