Pettit, Kentucky

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Pettit
Unincorporated community
Pettit Location within the state of Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°41′20″N 87°7′55″W / 37.68889°N 87.13194°W / 37.68889; -87.13194Coordinates: 37°41′20″N 87°7′55″W / 37.68889°N 87.13194°W / 37.68889; -87.13194
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Daviess
Elevation	387 ft (118 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CST (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID	500485^[1]

Pettit is an unincorporated community located in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is named for Thomas S. Pettit, the long-time publisher of The Monitor (now the Messenger-Inquirer), who helped clear and improve the land that the community now occupies.^[2]

References

Connelley, William Elsey; Ellis Merton Coulter (1922). History of Kentucky. American Historical Society. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Daviess County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Owensboro

Cities	Owensboro Whitesville

CDPs	Maceo Masonville

Other unincorporated communities	Curdsville Friendly Village Habit Knottsville Panther Pettit Philpot Rome Saint Joseph Sorgho Stanley Tuck Utica West Louisville Yelvington

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