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==Precincts== | ==Precincts== | ||
[[File:1876_-_Daviess_County_Precinct_Index_map.jpg|thumb|right|alt=1876 Atlas of Daviess County|1876 Atlas of Daviess Co.]] | [[File:1876_-_Daviess_County_Precinct_Index_map.jpg|thumb|right|alt=1876 Atlas of Daviess County|1876 Atlas of Daviess Co.]] | ||
===Oakford=== | ===[[Oakford Precinct]]=== | ||
* [[Birk City]] | * [[Birk City]] | ||
* [[Griffith Station]] | * [[Griffith Station]] | ||
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* [[Newman]] | * [[Newman]] | ||
* [[Stanley]] | * [[Stanley]] | ||
===Curdsville=== | ===Curdsville=== | ||
* [[Curdsville]] | * [[Curdsville]] | ||
Revision as of 00:31, 18 September 2016
Over the years, there have been quite a few settlements formed in various spots around the county. Most of these settlements had the necessities such as grist and saw mills, schools, churches, and stores. Some developed along rivers and creeks, some at steamboat landings, and by the 1880's, along railroads. Some of the towns grew, some vanished. Below is a list of most of the towns sorted by the precinct they were in. Visit here to view them alphabetically.
Precincts
Curdsville
Vanover
Lower Town
Upper Town
Murray
- Andersonville
- Brown's Valley
- Green Brier
- Livia
- Maxwell - AKA: Newville
- Pettit
- Pleasant Ridge
- Red Hill
- Sutherland
- Utica
Masonville
Boston
Knottsville
Yelvington
Other Small Communities
- Adlai
- Blue Ruin
- Boswell
- Lockhart
- Loopee
- Possum Trot
- Rose Hill - Area at Thruston Dermont and Pleasant Valley Roads
- Scythia - Along Hwy 1389
- Spice Knob - Area at Graves Ln and Hwy 1389
- St. Raphael
- Stringtown
- Thompsonville
- Whalen
- Wolf Hill