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Owensboro, Kentucky
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Owensboro was first settled in the 1790s by frontiersman William "Bill" Smeathers. The settlement was called Yellow Banks, an allusion to the color of the banks of the Ohio River. In 1817, Yellow Banks was incorporated as a city under the name Owensborough, named after Colonel Abraham Owen (who is also the namesake of Owen County, Kentucky). In 1893, the name was shortened to it's present spelling of Owensboro. Frederick Ames came to Owensboro from Washington, Pennsylvania in 1887. He started the Carriage Woodstock Company to repair horse-drawn carriages, but in 1910 began to manufacture a line of automobiles under the Ames brand name. Ames hired industrialist Vincent Bendix in 1912, and the company became the Ames Motor Car Company. Despite being called the "best $1500" car by a Texas car dealer, production ceased in 1915. -- Source: Wikipedia.com
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Owensboro was first settled in the 1790s by frontiersman William "Bill" Smeathers. The settlement was called Yellow Banks, an allusion to the color of the banks of the Ohio River. In 1817, Yellow Banks was incorporated as a city under the name Owensborough, named after Colonel Abraham Owen (who is also the namesake of Owen County, Kentucky). In 1893, the name was shortened to it's present spelling of Owensboro. Frederick Ames came to Owensboro from Washington, Pennsylvania in 1887. He started the Carriage Woodstock Company to repair horse-drawn carriages, but in 1910 began to manufacture a line of automobiles under the Ames brand name. Ames hired industrialist Vincent Bendix in 1912, and the company became the Ames Motor Car Company. Despite being called the "best $1500" car by a Texas car dealer, production ceased in 1915. -- Source: Wikipedia.com
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| Owensboro | Kentucky | United States | |
| Population | 54,067 | 4,041,769 | 281,421,906 |
| Median age | 37.4 | 35.9 | 35.3 |
| Median age for Male | 34.9 | 34.6 | 34 |
| Median age for Female | 39.6 | 37.1 | 36.5 |
| Households | 22,659 | 1,590,647 | 105,480,101 |
| Household population | 51,844 | 3,926,965 | 273,643,273 |
| Average household size | 2.29 | 2.47 | 2.59 |
| Families | 14,091 | 1,104,398 | 71,787,347 |
| Average family size | 2.91 | 2.97 | 3.14 |
| Housing units | 24,302 | 1,750,927 | 115,904,641 |
| Occupied units | 22,659 | 1,590,647 | 105,480,101 |
| Vacant units | 1,643 | 160,280 | 10,424,540 |
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