Curdsville, Kentucky

Curdsville
Unincorporated community
Curdsville
Curdsville

Location within the state of Kentucky

Coordinates: 37°44′6″N 87°19′54″W / 37.73500°N 87.33167°W / 37.73500; -87.33167Coordinates: 37°44′6″N 87°19′54″W / 37.73500°N 87.33167°W / 37.73500; -87.33167
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Daviess
Elevation 384 ft (117 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CST (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID 490493[1]

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

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.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Curdsville, Kentucky
  2. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 76. Retrieved 2013-04-28.


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