Urbana, Ohio
| Urbana, Ohio | |
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| Coordinates: 40°6′39″N 83°45′5″W / 40.11083°N 83.75139°WCoordinates: 40°6′39″N 83°45′5″W / 40.11083°N 83.75139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Champaign |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ruth Zerkle (R) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.8 sq mi (17.7 km2) |
| • Land | 6.8 sq mi (17.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 1,050 ft (320 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 11,613 |
| • Density | 1,702.3/sq mi (657.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 43078 |
| Area code(s) | 937 |
| FIPS code | 39-79072[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1065415[1] |
| Website | http://urbanaohio.com/ |
Urbana is a city in and the county seat of Champaign County, Ohio, United States,[3] 47 miles (76 km) west of Columbus. Urbana was laid out in 1805, and for a time in 1812 was the headquarters of the Northwestern army. Urbana was named after the town of Urbanna, Virginia. It is the burial-place of the Indian fighter Simon Kenton. In 1900, 6,808 people lived in Urbana; in 1910, 7,739; and in 1940, 8,335. The population was 11,613 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Urbana University.
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[edit] Geography
Urbana is located at 40°6′39″N 83°45′5″W / 40.11083°N 83.75139°W (40.110937, -83.751463)[4].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.8 square miles (18 km2), all of it land. Urbana is the centerpiece of a proposed project by a Manhattan-based, British-owned wind energy firm that will experiment in siting hundreds of industrial 492-foot turbines next to moderately populated residential areas.
[edit] Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1850 | 2,020 |
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| 1860 | 3,429 | 69.8% | |
| 1870 | 4,276 | 24.7% | |
| 1880 | 6,252 | 46.2% | |
| 1890 | 6,510 | 4.1% | |
| 1900 | 6,808 | 4.6% | |
| 1910 | 7,739 | 13.7% | |
| 1920 | 7,621 | −1.5% | |
| 1930 | 7,742 | 1.6% | |
| 1940 | 8,335 | 7.7% | |
| 1950 | 9,335 | 12.0% | |
| 1960 | 10,461 | 12.1% | |
| 1970 | 11,237 | 7.4% | |
| 1980 | 10,774 | −4.1% | |
| 1990 | 11,353 | 5.4% | |
| 2000 | 11,613 | 2.3% | |
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 11,613 people, 4,859 households, and 2,998 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,702.3 people per square mile (657.4/km²). There were 5,210 housing units at an average density of 763.7 per square mile (295.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.03% White, 5.95% African American, 0.34% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.48% from other races, and 1.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.08% of the population.
There were 4,859 households out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.2% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.3% were non-families. 33.4% 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 2.29 and the average family size was 2.92.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 87.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $33,702, and the median income for a family was $42,857. Males had a median income of $33,092 versus $26,817 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,831. About 7.2% of families and 10.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Economy
Urbana's economy is composed of multiple industries including Rital, Honeywell Aerospace, Honeywell Inc., Control Industries, Freshwater Farms among others. The historic square downtown provides services ranging from accounting, banking, fine dining, bars and personal care. The Champaign County Farmers Market taking place on a weekly basis in downtown Urbana was deemed as one of America's four favorite farmers markets by the American Farmland Trust.[5]
[edit] Education
Urbana is primarily served by the Urbana City School District, which includes Urbana High School. Urbana University offers liberal arts tertiary education opportunities in a small college environment. Urbana university offers 28 undergraduate majors in a variety of disciplines, graduate degrees in Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Education and Nursing and opportunities for international students desiring to study in the United States. The Urbana School District also includes North Elementary, which accepts students in grades K-2, South Elementary, which is North's counter-part, East Elementary, which accepts students in grades 3-4, and Local Intermidiate, a school that accepts students in grades 5-6, and also is located on the outskirts of the town.
[edit] History
On June 4, 1897 residents of Urbana formed a lynch mob and fought their way into the town jail to remove Charles Mitchell, a black man. Mitchell was subsequently killed by the mob and his body left to hang in town. At least one Urbana citizen was killed by the state militia, who had been activated to guard the prisoner from the mob.[6]
[edit] Notable residents
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- Clancy Brown - Actor and producer
- Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr. - Former U.S. Congressman and Deputy Director of Commerce under United States President Ronald Reagan
- Moses Bledso Corwin - attorney and member of United States House of Representatives
- Andrew Daniel - Winner of Big Brother 5 (U.S.), born on April 28, 1982
- Pete Dye - Hall of Fame golf course architect, grew up in Urbana
- Robert L. Eichelberger - United States Army general who commanded the US Eighth Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II
- Warren G. Grimes - "Father of the Aircraft Lighting Industry", prominent entrepreneur and inventor,(1898–1975)
- Charles T. Hinde, A successful businessman and riverboat captain.
- Robert R. Hitt - United States Assistant Secretary of State, was born in Urbana on January 16, 1834
- Raymond Hubbell - composer of musicals, including the song Poor Butterfly
- Jim Jordan - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives was born in Urbana on February 17, 1964
- Simon Kenton - frontiersman is buried in Urbana
- Tony Locke - Arena Football League wide receiver
- Joseph Vance - 13th Governor of Ohio
- John Quincy Adams Ward - sculptor of the George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall in Wall Street
- Brand Whitlock - appointed Minister to Belgium by United States President Woodrow Wilson
- Kevin O'Shea - Former college football star, Heisman trophy winner. Coach of the Urbana cowboys.
[edit] Transportation
- A mid-air crash between TWA Flight 553 and a Beechcraft Baron over Urbana on March 9, 1967 resulted in 26 fatalities.
- Urbana was a stop along the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad that connected Pittsburgh to Chicago and St. Louis.
- A B-17 Bomber from World War II is being restored by volunteers at the local airport.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Morrill, Jennifer. "Champaign County, Ohio Farmers Market Voted America’s Favorite Farmers Market", American Farmland Trust, September 28, 2010.
- ^ "A Lynching At Urbana". New York Times. June 6, 1897. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C01E7DE123CE433A25755C0A9609C94669ED7CF&scp=6&sq=urbana&st=p.
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