Brewster, Ohio

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Brewster is a village in Stark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,324 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Railroad
3 Companies
4 Local Food Scene
5 Backyard Wrestling
6 Demographics
7 External links

[edit] Geography

Brewster is located at 40°42′43″N, 81°35′51″W (40.712008, -81.597452)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 5.3 km² (2.0 mi²). 5.3 km² (2.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.49% is water.

[edit] Railroad

Brewster is the location of the corporate headquarters and shops of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway, both the historic railroad company (reporting marks WLE) (1880-1949) and of the current regional railroad (reporting marks WE) (1990-present). The WLE began producing locomotives at its Brewster shops in 1910, and boasted one of the finest steam locomotive producing facilities in the country. Over the years, the WLE built and rolled boilers and erected fifty of their own steam engines, a feat never tried by many larger and more famous railroads. The Wheeling and Lake Erie Brewster Shops continue to perform contract repairs, upgrades and fabrication of locomotives and freight cars to this day.

[edit] Companies

Brewster is the headquarters for Shearer's Inc, makers of Shearer's potato chips and snacks, and for Brewster Dairy, a regional cheese producer. Brewster is often considered one of the most progressive villages in Stark County due to these companies and their recent expansion projects.

[edit] Local Food Scene

Pizza Shops: Pirate Pizza, East of Chicago Pizza, Jer's Pizza

Other Restaurants: The Station Restaurant, Subway

[edit] Backyard Wrestling

Brewster is also the home of possibly the most successful backyard wrestling organization in America. The Trampoline Wrestling Association (1996 - 2004) which is featured on the DVD series "The Best of Backyard Wrestling." was based in Brewster. The TWA was featured by many TV outlets including Kevin Freeman on Fox 8 news in Cleveland as well as national shows like Extra, Opra, Inside Edition, The Howard Stern show. The character Masked Mike Jackson played by Brewster native Barry Borell was featured on The Best of Backyard Wrestling The Video game. Jackson was the first unlockable character on career mode.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 2,324 people, 855 households, and 630 families residing in the village. The population density was 442.0/km² (1,146.5/mi²). There were 904 housing units at an average density of 171.9/km² (446.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.97% White, 0.04% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.52% of the population.

There were 855 households out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the village the population was spread out with 25.9% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $37,853, and the median income for a family was $42,200. Males had a median income of $34,798 versus $20,769 for females. The per capita income for the village was $17,614. About 6.0% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.