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Evansville is a city in and the county seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. [4] With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 census, it is Indiana's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the most populous city in Southern Indiana, and the 249th-most populous city in the United States.
Nestled on the banks of the Ohio River, Evansville offers a vibrant mix of history, culture, and outdoor adventures. Whether you're a local resident or visiting this charming city for the first time, we've got you covered with an array of exciting activities and attractions.
Explore Evansville Visitors Guide 2023. With sweeping views of the Ohio River, you’ll always enjoy discovering all there is to love about Evansville’s unique neighborhoods, attractions, and events and how they ebb and flow with the seasons.
- Downtown Evansville
- Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science
- USS LST Ship Memorial
- Angel Mounds State Historic Site
- Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden
- Bosse Field
- Children’s Museum of Evansville
- Evansville African American Museum
- Reitz Home Museum
- Willard Library
You can tell that a lot of love has gone into Evansville’s central commercial district in the last couple of decades. Today this is a leafy, pedestrian friendly area, flush with culture, entertainment, dining choices and not to mention gorgeous old architecture in a spectrum of styles. A veteran entertainment anchor is the Victory Theatre, opened i...
Where downtown Evansville meets the Ohio river bank is one of Indiana’s most storied cultural institutions. Since it was founded in 1904 this museum has amassed a collection of more than 30,000 objects, dealing with a variety of subjects including fine arts, decorative arts, history, anthropology and natural history. Among the many highlights there...
During World War II industrial production went into overdrive in Evansville, especially on the riverfront a piece of which became a 45-acre shipyard building humongous tank landing ships (LSTs). Vital to the war effort, these amphibious vessels delivered tanks, trucks, jeeps and troops directly onto beaches during invasions. It makes sense that tod...
By the Ohio River to the southeast of Evansville is the site of a Middle Mississippian town that peaked from 1000 to 1450 C.E.. There was a large permanent community here sustained by the cultivation and storage of corn, leaving behind 12 earthen mounds once topped by ceremonial buildings. The site was excavated in the mid-20th century by Indiana a...
This zoo on Evansville’s northwest side is open 365 days a year, and has been around since 1928. Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden was one of the first zoological attractions in the country to use moats as a boundary for enclosures, rather than cages. There are animals from some 200 species here, and perhaps the headline exhibit is Amazonia. Opened ...
Of all the ballparks still in regular use in the United States, this stadium in Evansville is surpassed in age only by Fenway Park and Wrigley Field. Opened in 1915, Bosse Field was the country’s first municipally owned sports stadium and is named for the mayor at the time, Benjamin Bosse (1875-1922). Over the last 100+ years, the stadium has been ...
For children up to the age of 12, this interactive museum is housed in one of the most elegant buildings downtown. The venue is Evansville’s Art Deco former public library, constructed in 1931, and the Children’s Museum opened in 2006. The museum is made up of a series of open-ended, experiential zones, like Live Well, promoting healthy diet choice...
A little way east of downtown is an important museum dedicated to the history and traditions of African American families, traditions and organizations in the city. The location is fascinating too, in the last surviving building of Lincoln Gardens, the second housing project established under FDR’s New Deal in 1938. Inside you can see what it was l...
Awaiting you in the Riverside Historic District is a stunning French Second Empire-style residence built in 1871 for the “Lumber Baron” John Augustus Reitz (1815-1891). The house has been given a superb restoration, and as well as original period furniture the interiors feature hand-painted ceiling frescoes, molded plaster friezes, patterned parque...
A grand sight to keep in mind downtown is the oldest operating library in Indiana. The palatial building, opened in 1885, is in the Gothic Revival style, with contrasting red brick, white stone and terra cotta. The library is an independent private institution, and its benefactor Willard Carpenter aimed to “improve the moral and intellectual cultur...
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Evansville, city, seat (1818) of Vanderburgh county, southwestern Indiana, U.S., port on the Ohio River (there bridged to Henderson, Kentucky), 171 miles (275 km) southwest of Indianapolis. It was founded by Hugh McGary, Jr., in 1812 and was named for Robert M. Evans, a member of the territorial.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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The City of Evansville, Indiana, was founded in 1812 on a scenic bend in the Ohio River. With a population of nearly 121,000 people in the city limits and more than 300,000 people in the metropolitan area, Evansville is the third-largest city in Indiana.
