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Evansville

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Evansville, city (1990 pop. 126,272), seat of Vanderburgh co., extreme SW Ind., a port on the Ohio River; inc. 1819. It is a rail and river shipping and commercial center for a coal, oil, and farm region. Machinery, plastics, primary metals, pharmaceuticals, food products, and fabricated-metal items are among its many manufactures. The Univ. of Evansville and the Univ. of Southern Indiana are there. The city has a museum of arts and sciences, a zoo, a symphony orchestra, and an aviary. A nearby Native American mound site is a state memorial.

Evansville

City (pop., 2000: 121,582), southwestern Indiana, U.S. A port on the Ohio River, it was founded in 1812 and grew as the southern terminus of the Wabash and Erie Canal (1853), which connected Lake Erie with the Ohio River. Coal deposits and oil fields as well as fertile farmlands surround the city, and its location as a transportation hub has made it the metropolis of southwestern Indiana and adjacent states. Diversified manufactures include pharmaceuticals and refrigeration and air conditioning equipment. It is the seat of the University of Evansville (1854). Angel Mounds State Memorial, a large archaeological site, is nearby.


Evansville
a city in SW Indiana, on the Ohio River. Pop.: 117 881 (2003 est.)

Evansville 

a city in the USA, in the state of Indiana. Population, 138,000 (1975; with the surrounding suburbs, 290,000). Evansville is a port on the Ohio River and a rail and highway junction. Local industry, which employed 40,000 persons in 1975, includes machine building and metalworking (the manufacture of parts for motor vehicles, engines, refrigerators, and electrical equipment) as well as food processing and the production of chemicals and furniture.



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November 2008 In 2008, the Evansville economy was not immune to the volatility of financial markets and the slowdown in the national economy that arose after the emergence of the subprime mortgage crisis in early 2007.
The brothers also recently closed a deal to purchase a television station in Evansville, Indiana, he says, and they are in negotiations to purchase another television station in Wichita, Kansas.
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