Utica, Kentucky | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA Kentucky |
Pushpin Label: | Utica |
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: | 2.73 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.72 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 298 |
Population Density Km2: | 109.58 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CST |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 417 |
Coordinates: | 37.6022°N -87.1131°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 42376 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 21-78708 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 505928 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.05 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.05 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 283.81 |
Utica is a small rural unincorporated community and census-designated place[2] in Daviess County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 208 as of the 2020 census.
The community is located in the south-central portion of Daviess County just north of the McLean County line. U.S. Route 431 (US 431) passes through the community, leading north to Owensboro and south to Central City.
Utica has a post office (utilizing ZIP code 42376), a fire station, a cemetery, several churches, a gas station, and a couple of stores.
Utica was probably founded in the early 1800s and named after the City of Utica, New York. Mill Street, which is the first side road on KY 140, was named after the flour mill that was located behind JR's Market. The first property on Mill Street was a passenger train station in the late 1800s to early 1900s that ferried people to the river town of Owensboro across the border from Indiana. This cemetery consists of people from the local community as early as the early 1900s but most are from the 1930s and upward. It is still used to this day.