Minerva, Ohio
Minerva, Ohio | |
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Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
Counties | Stark, Carroll, Columbiana |
Government | |
• Mayor | James B. Waller |
Area | |
• Total | 2.1 sq mi (5.5 km2) |
• Land | 2.1 sq mi (5.5 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation | 1,056 ft (322 m) |
Population (2000) | |
• Total | 3,934 |
• Density | 1,840.3/sq mi (710.5/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 44657 |
Area code(s) | 330, 234 |
FIPS code | 39-50834Template:GR |
GNIS feature ID | 1056427Template:GR |
Website | http://ci.minerva.oh.us/ |
Minerva is a village in Carroll, Columbiana, and Stark counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 3,934 at the 2000 census.
The Carroll and Stark County portions of Minerva are part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Columbiana County portion is part of the East Liverpool–Salem Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The village of Minerva began when a surveyor named John Whitacre purchased 123 acres of land from Isaac Craig in 1818 for the construction of a log mill. The town, named for his niece, Minerva Ann Taylor, grew up around the mill. Minerva's first schoolhouse was built in 1846. In its early years the Sandy and Beaver Canal helped drive Minerva's economy, to be replaced in importance by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1840s. Minerva manufacturers Willard and Isaac Pennock patented the United States' first steel railroad car in the nineteenth century.[1]
Geography
Minerva is located at 40°43′44″N 81°6′7″W / 40.72889°N 81.10194°WInvalid arguments have been passed to the {{#coordinates:}} function (40.728830, -81.102073)Template:GR, along Sandy Creek.[2]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 3,934 people, 1,603 households, and 1,082 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,840.3 people per square mile (709.8/km²). There were 1,718 housing units at an average density of 803.7 per square mile (310.0/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.03% White, 0.05% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.05% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.48% of the population.
There were 1,603 households out of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the village the population was spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $33,468, and the median income for a family was $39,669. Males had a median income of $30,477 versus $21,156 for females. The per capita income for the village was $16,853. About 6.3% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.2% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1870 | 210 | — | |
1890 | 1,139 | — | |
1900 | 1,200 | 5.4% | |
1910 | 1,396 | 16.3% | |
1920 | 2,261 | 62.0% | |
1930 | 2,675 | 18.3% | |
1940 | 2,937 | 9.8% | |
1950 | 3,280 | 11.7% | |
1960 | 3,833 | 16.9% | |
1970 | 4,359 | 13.7% | |
1990 | 4,318 | — | |
2000 | 3,934 | −8.9% | |
2010 | 3,720 | −5.4% | |
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Students attend the Minerva Local School District.
Notable natives and residents
- Carol Costello - correspondent on CNN
- Phil Davison - ran unsuccessfully for office of Stark County Treasurer. Gained internet fame after a Youtube video of an inappropriately passionate speech appeared on the site.
- Oscar Grimes - Major League Baseball utility infielder
- Ray Grimes - Major League Baseball first baseman
- Ralph Hodgson - poet
- Theodore Newton Vail - former president of AT&T responsible for creating the telephone monopoly under the Kingsbury Commitment
- Charles Erwin Wilson - former United States Secretary of Defense and CEO for General Motors
References
- ^ Village of Minerva (2010). "Our History." Accessed 1 October 2010. http://ci.minerva.oh.us/
- ^ DeLorme (1991). Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-233-1.
- ^ census data: 1870 : 1870 page 24 , 1890,1900 : Hunt, William C. (1901). Population of the United States by states and territories, counties, and minor Civil Divisions, as returned at the Twelfth Census: 1900. United States Census Printing Office. p. 306. , 1910, 1920, 1930 : 1930 page 40 , 1940, 1950 : 1950 page 26 , 1960, 1970 : 1970 page=144 , 1990 : 1990 , 2000 : 2000 , 2010 : http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table