Utica, Kentucky

Utica is a small rural unincorporated community and census-designated place in Daviess County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 208 as of the 2020 census.

Geography

The hamlet is located in the south-central portion of Daviess County just north of the McLean County line. U.S. Route 431 passes through the community, leading north to Owensboro and south to Central City.

Amenities

Utica has a post office, a fire station, a cemetery, two churches, a Masonic Lodge, a gas station, and a couple of stores. In the past, Utica had a train station and a school, both of which are now unused and deteriorating.

History

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.