Morristown, Ohio

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Morristown is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, USA. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 299 at the 2000 census.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 External links

[edit] History

Platted in 1802, downtown Morristown was named to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1980, reference number 80002943.

[edit] Geography

Morristown is located at 40°3′46″N, 81°4′17″W (40.062872, -81.071280)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 299 people, 122 households, and 81 families residing in the village. The population density was 226.4/km² (591.8/mi²). There were 138 housing units at an average density of 104.5/km² (273.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.33% White, 0.33% African American, and 0.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.34% of the population.

There were 122 households out of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the village the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $34,375, and the median income for a family was $40,750. Males had a median income of $30,357 versus $18,929 for females. The per capita income for the village was $15,212. About 5.0% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.6% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those sixty five or over.