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Owensboro, KY
Kentucky · Daviess County · Owensboro Metro
Owensboro is a mid-size city in Kentucky with a population of 60,112. Residents earn $53,295 per year, which is 29% below the national average.
3.1
/5.0
B
Good
60,112
Population
2,822/sq mi density
$53,295
Median Income
$32,557 per capita
$162,900
Home Value
$205,948 Zillow
$900
Median Rent
27.7% income on rent
57°F
Avg Temperature
305 sunny days/yr
225
Violent Crime/100K
4,046 property/100K
B
Overall
3.1 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B
Economy
3.4 / 5.0
$53,295 median income, 2.9% unemployment
A+
Affordability
5.0 / 5.0
$162,900 home value, $900/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
225 violent crimes/100K (41% below avg)
B
Education
3.0 / 5.0
25.4% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Owensboro
Historic Markers
19
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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Haunted Places
7
Locations with documented reports of paranormal activity and sightings
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Mines
4
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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Haunted Places Near Owensboro, KY
7 reported haunted locations found near Owensboro, KY.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Davies County Middle School | in the middle of the day you can hear screams of a woman in the girls bathroom of the 3rd floor. You can look around and see that there is no one there |
| Davies County Public library | an apparition of a boy with high red knee socks, a red vest, very old style shoes, high shorts, and one of those hats you see on many men back in the 20's and 30's. |
| Owensboro Catholic Middle School | At night, neighbors have reported screams and wicked laughter. They have seen doors flying open and shut as if possessed. There are dark reddish stains that have never come out of the floors in certain rooms. |
| Owensboro High School | When Owensboro High's elevator was first put in the seven year old son Johnny of the builder of the elevator was playing with his ABC blocks the elevator wasn’t all finished and there had been no doors to the elevator yet and the boy feel to his death, to this day if you go to the school real late at night right in front of the elevator and say Johnny are you playing with your blocks, you are to hear the sound of the blocks clinging together as if he were playing with them. |
| River Park Center | At night on the catwalk you can see a woman in white, dripping water as she continues to walk over the edge to the river below. |
| The Old Theater Workshop | In 1809 this theater was a Baptist church. A young priest lived there with his family. His daughter was dating a young man who her father disapproved of. Late one night the daughter came to her father with dreadful news. She told her father she was pregnant. He was so disappointed in her, he told her he never wanted to see her again and sent her away. So the story goes that night she was out of her mind, she ran up to the bell tower and hung herself. Her father was so sad he to killed himself... |
| Wilson House | This house was one of the first built in the area. It was once owned by a large family back in the early 1800s. The family was an outcast family and very odd. The story goes that a son named John killed them all, then killed himself. You can hear screams and laughter late at night at this deserted house. |