Curdsville, Kentucky

Curdsville is an unincorporated community located in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States.

Curdsville
Unincorporated community
Curdsville
Location within the state of Kentucky
Curdsville
Curdsville (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°44′6″N 87°19′54″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyDaviess
Elevation
384 ft (117 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID490493[1]

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.[2] William would later serve as colonel of the local "cornstalk" militia following the War of 1812[3] as well as a representative in the state legislature in 1817[4][5] and sheriff of Daviess County from 1821–23.

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.[6]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Curdsville, Kentucky
  2. History of Daviess County, Kentucky. Daviess County (Ky.): Inter-state Publishing Company. 1883. p. 556.
  3. General Assembly, Kentucky (1816). Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Kentucky: State Journal Company. p. 195,219.
  4. Collins, Lewis (1878). Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky. Kentucky: Southern Historical Press. p. 774.
  5. 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.
  6. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 76. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 2013-04-28.



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