Richfield, Ohio
| Richfield, Ohio | |
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| Coordinates: 41°14′1″N 81°37′56″W / 41.23361°N 81.63222°WCoordinates: 41°14′1″N 81°37′56″W / 41.23361°N 81.63222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Summit |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michael K. Lyons |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.5 sq mi (22.0 km2) |
| • Land | 8.5 sq mi (22.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 3,286 |
| • Density | 387.1/sq mi (149.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 44286 |
| Area code(s) | 330 |
| Website | http://www.richfieldvillageohio.org |
Richfield is a village in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,286 at the 2000 census. The village and the adjacent Richfield Township are approximately equidistant between the downtown areas of Akron and Cleveland. It is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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[edit] History
Richfield was founded in 1809 and incorporated in 1967.[1]
Four of John Brown's children are buried in Eastview Cemetery. The children, Austin, Charles, Peter and Sarah, all died in 1843 due to a smallpox epidemic when he was living in Richfield [1]. In 1970, Mayor Kenneth Swan signed an ordinance declaring Richfield Village the first “world city” in the United States. [2].
[edit] Geography
Richfield is located at 41°14′1″N 81°37′56″W / 41.23361°N 81.63222°W (41.233722, -81.632228)[2].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 8.5 square miles (22 km2), all of it land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 3,286 people, 1,227 households, and 952 families residing in the village. The population density was 387.1 people per square mile (149.4/km²). There were 1,272 housing units at an average density of 149.8 per square mile (57.8/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.35% White, 0.49% African American, 0.30% Native American, 1.31% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.06% from other races, and 0.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.24% of the population.
There were 1,227 households out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.2% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the village the population was spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 28.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $82,955, and the median income for a family was $91,955. Males had a median income of $51,052 versus $30,431 for females. The per capita income for the village was $32,888. About 3.3% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.6% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Trivia
- Cisco Systems maintains its wireless group headquarters in Richfield, at the site of the former Aironet Wireless Networks facility. Cisco purchased Aironet to form the basis of its wireless product line.[citation needed]
- element14's national sales center is located in Richfield.
- The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation operates a field office in Richfield.
- Richfield, Ohio is home of the FedEx depot for all of Northeast Ohio.
- The Richfield Coliseum was home to the first two WWF Survivor Series pay per views. Richfield also held a third Survivor Series in 1992.
- Richfield Coliseum (now demolished), was also the sight of the Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner fight on March 24, 1975. This 15-round fight, in which Wepner knocked Ali down, became the inspiration for actor Sylvester Stallone to create the Rocky saga.
[edit] References
- ^ Home, village of Richfield, 2010. Accessed 2010-02-28.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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