1. Daviess County, Indiana
THE INDIANA PREVENTION RESOURCE CENTER
GIS in Prevention County Profiles Series, No. 3
Daviess County, Indiana
Barbara Seitz de Martinez, PhD, MLS, CPP
The Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University is funded, in part, by a contract with the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, financially supported through HHS/Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant. The IPRC is operated by the Department of Applied Health Science and The School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

2. GIS in Prevention County Profile Series, No. 3
Daviess County, Indiana
Barbara Seitz de Martinez, PhD, MLS, CPP
Project Staff:
Ritika Bhawal, MPH
Solomon Briggs
Kyoungsun Heo, MPA
Srinivasa Konchada
Indiana Prevention Resource Center
Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors, and not necessarily those of the Trustees of Indiana University or the Division of Mental Health and Addiction. Indiana University accepts full Responsibility for the content of this publication. ©2005 The Trustees of Indiana University. Permission is extended to reproduce this County Profile for non-profit educational purposes. All other rights reserved.

3. 3. Geographic and Historical Notes
Daviess County is located in southwestern Indiana. It is bordered by Greene County to the north, Martin to the east, Dubois to the south/southeast, Pike to the south/southwest, and Knox to the west. U.S. Highways 50 and 150 and State Highway 57 cross the county. Elevation is feet. The landscape features oak and hickory trees. A variety of land surfaces are found, from nearly level in the west and central parts, to slight to moderately steep slopes in the east and south, to very steep slopes in the northeastern and southeastern corners of the county. Parts of this county pertain to three different land resource areas: the Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys (southeast), the Southern Illinois and Thin Loess and Till Plain (east) and Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes (west).
Davies county is in the Central Time Zone and observes DST. Average daily temperatures are 31٥/39٥ in January and 67٥/88٥ in July. Annual precipitation is and snowfall inches.
Typically the first freeze of the season is around October (southwestern third, October 20-25). The last freeze varies from around April (west), to (central), to (northeast). The growing season lasts about days.
Agriculture is diversified. About a four-fifths of the land is farmland and three-quarters of that is in commercial crops. Almost all the crops are without irrigation. Main crops include corn for grain, soybeans, hay, and winter wheat, but most (about three-quarters) of farm income comes from livestock. Livestock include turkeys, cattle/calves, milk cows, and hens/pullets. Main natural resources include coal, construction sand and gravel, petroleum, and forestland.
Communities include the city of Washington, which is the county seat. Towns include Alfordsville, Cannelburg, Elnora, Montgomery, Odon, and Plainville. Townships include Barr, Bogard, Elmore, Harrison, Madison, Reeve, Steele, Van Buren Veale, and Washington.
Sources: Map from PCensus for MapInfo; Notes from
Indiana Facts: Flying the Colors by John Clements, 1995.

4. Daviess County
The maps and tables in this publication were prepared using PCensus
7.06 for MapInfo and MapInfo Professional 7.0.

5. 3. Location and Historical Notes
Davies County is not a tobacco-producing county, according to the Strategic Development Group’s “Alternative Agricultural Strategy” (Bloomington, March 15, 2001) report, which is part of Governor Joseph E. Kernan’s “Recipient Final Reports for Office of the Commissioner of Agriculture Grant Programs” (

6. Don’t Know Your Block Group Number?
3. Daviess County Block Group Maps
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