Daviess County (pop. 31,648) is east of Knox County. It’s one of three Daviess counties; the others are in Kentucky and Missouri.
Daviess County in 1908
All three Daviess counties (and Jo Daviess County, Illinois) were named for Joseph Hamilton Daveiss (the correct spelling of his name), who commanded the Dragoons of the Indiana Militia at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.
1774-1811
The county seat of Daviess County is the city of Washington (pop. 11,509).
The Daviess County Courthouse was built in 1928 in the Classical Revival style.
Brick and limestone
The Indiana Theater in Washington opened in 1926, closed in 2011, and was restored and reopened in 2014.
Still showing movies
The Robert C. Graham House (1912) in Washington is on the National Register of Historic Places. Graham was a founder of the Graham-Paige automobile company.
Prairie School style
Cody Zeller, now of the NBA Charlotte Hornets, was Indiana’s Mr. Basketball at Washington High School. He played college ball at Indiana University.
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Washington was hit by a tornado on Nov. 17, 2013, that destroyed 20 houses and severely damaged about 20 others.
73 tornadoes in 7 states that day
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