13 Facts About Owensboro Kentucky

Owensboro Kentucky started the Carriage Woodstock Company to repair horse-drawn carriages.

Owensboro Kentucky then began manufacturing replacement bodies for the more widely sold Ford Model T In 1922, the company remade itself and started to manufacture furniture under the name Ames Corporation.

In 1961, engineers at the General Electric plant in Owensboro Kentucky introduced a family of vacuum tubes called the Compactron.

Owensboro Kentucky is the country's largest supplier of underground and above ground steel storage tanks for flammable and combustible liquids.

Owensboro Kentucky is located at the crook of a bend in the Ohio River, 37 miles southeast of Evansville, Indiana.

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Owensboro Kentucky has a humid subtropical climate which is characterized by hot, humid summers and moderately cold winters.

Owensboro Kentucky placed fourth on Area Development's Top 20 Southern Cities, with a 9th-place ranking for its "recession busting factors" among the Top 25 Small Cities.

Owensboro Kentucky is home to Temple Adath Israel, which is among the oldest synagogues in the United States.

Owensboro Kentucky is the location of Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary's campus.

Owensboro Kentucky has operated under a City Manager form of government since 1954.

Owensboro Kentucky has a lending library, the Daviess County Public Library.

However, in early 2007, WFIE-TV opened a bureau in Owensboro which covers news on the Kentucky side of the market.

Owensboro Kentucky has two sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:.