Curdsville | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA Kentucky#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Kentucky |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Daviess |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.69 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.69 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 94 |
Population Density Km2: | 135.73 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CST |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 384 |
Coordinates: | 37.735°N -87.3317°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 21-19288 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 490493 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.27 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.27 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 352.06 |
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 Native American murderer 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 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.[6]