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.
The area was first settled by William Glenn in 1797, who was originally from Nelson County and was the son of celebrated Indian fighter 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
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 94 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[8] | |||
References
- ^ "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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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |