Curdsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 94 as of the 2020 census.
Curdsville | |
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  Curdsville Location within the state of Kentucky  Curdsville Curdsville (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°44′6″N 87°19′54″W / 37.73500°N 87.33167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Daviess |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.27 sq mi (0.69 km2) |
| • Land | 0.27 sq mi (0.69 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 384 ft (117 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 94 |
| • Density | 352.06/sq mi (135.73/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
| FIPS code | 21-19288 |
| GNIS feature ID | 490493[2] |
The area was first settled by William Glenn in 1797, who was originally from Nelson County and was the son of celebrated Native American murderer and Kentucky pioneer David Glenn.[3] William would later serve as colonel of the local "cornstalk" militia following the War of 1812[4] as well as a representative in the state legislature in 1817[5][6] and sheriff of Daviess County from 1821 to 1823.
According to legend, an early settler was paid a barrel of whiskey to name the town after H. T. Curd, a steamboat captain on the nearby Green River.[7]
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 94 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[8] | |||
References
edit- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Curdsville, Kentucky
- ^ History of Daviess County, Kentucky. Daviess County (Ky.): Inter-state Publishing Company. 1883. p. 556.
- ^ General Assembly, Kentucky (1816). Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Kentucky: State Journal Company. p. 195,219.
- ^ Collins, Lewis (1878). Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky. Kentucky: Southern Historical Press. p. 774.
- ^ General Assembly, Kentucky (1817). Journal of the House of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Volume 26 ed.). State Journal Company. p. 3.
- ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 76. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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