Whitesville, Kentucky

Whitesville is a home rule-class city in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States.According to the United States Census Bureau, Whitesville has a total area of 0.42 square miles (1.08 km2), all of it land.The racial makeup of the city was 98.10% White, 0.79% African American, 0.16% Asian, and 0.95% from two or more races.Whitesville is home to Kentucky Motor Speedway, a 3/8 mile short-track facility built in 1960, with an infield figure 8 track crossover added in 1981.The facility was idle from 2005 to 2008 due to bankruptcy issues, but reopened on April 19, 2009.
Location of Daviess County, Kentucky
CountryKentuckyCountyDaviessTime zoneCentral (CST)ZIP codeArea code(s)270 & 364FIPS codehome rule-class cityDaviess County2020 Census2010 censusOwensboro, KentuckyMetropolitan Statistical AreaKentucky Route 54Owensborocounty seatLeitchfieldUnited States Census BureaucensusAfrican AmericanHispanicLatinomarried couplesper capita incomepoverty lineKentucky Motor Speedwayfigure 8NASCARDarrell WaltripMichael WaltripJeremy MayfieldDavid P. NashVietnam WarNew York, New YorkDaviess County, KentuckyCitiesCurdsvilleKnottsvilleMasonvilleMoseleyvillePantherPleasant RidgeOthercommunitiesNewmanPettitPhilpotSaint JosephStanleySorghoThrustonWest LouisvilleYelvington