Thruston | |
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  Thruston Location within the state of Kentucky  Thruston Thruston (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°48′04″N87°01′34″W / 37.801°N 87.026°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Daviess |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.77 sq mi (4.58 km2) |
| • Land | 1.76 sq mi (4.57 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,234 |
| • Density | 1,265.9/sq mi (488.75/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
| FIPS code | 21-76620 |
| GNIS feature ID | 509210 [2] |
| https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/ae800a26-a9d8-5364-a4cc-ba3ab45e1794/summary | |
Thruston is an unincorporated community located in Daviess County in the U.S. state of Kentucky, northeast of Owensboro. [3] As of the 2020 census, Thruston had a population of 2,234. [4]
The community is named after Algernon Sidney Thruston, a veteran of the Texas Revolution, who owned a plantation in the region. [5]
