Evansville

Evansville, a port of entry and capital of Vanderburg county, Indiana, on the Ohio, 162 miles ESE. of St Louis by rail, with some fifty churches, a city hall, a court-house, a handsome post-office and custom-house, and a public library and art gallery. Coal and iron ore abound near by, and the town has a large number of mills, foundries, &c., besides a very considerable trade in tobacco, flour, and other staples. Pop. (1870) 21,830; (1880) 29,280; (1890) 50,756.