Quaker City, Ohio
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Quaker City is a village in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The population was 563 at the 2000 census.
[edit] Geography
Quaker City is located at (39.969740, -81.298988)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.4 km² (0.5 mi²), all land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 563 people, 220 households, and 159 families residing in the village. The population density was 410.1/km² (1,063.6/mi²). There were 241 housing units at an average density of 175.6/km² (455.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.29% White, 0.18% African American, 0.36% from other races, and 0.18% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.36% of the population.
There were 220 households out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.3% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the village the population was spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $22,176, and the median income for a family was $28,750. Males had a median income of $24,583 versus $15,865 for females. The per capita income for the village was $11,148. About 16.3% of families and 16.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.7% of those under age 18 and 27.5% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Culture
Quaker City is located just northeast of Seneca Lake, and south of the site of the former Paradise Lake amusement park. The amusement park operated in the early 1980's, and by the late 1990's had become an adult bookstore. However, positive changes had been made in the village in the early 2000's, which included new ownership of the town grocery store "Dandy Don's".
In 2004, voters in the village passed a law that would allow the sale of alcohol within village limits, thus bringing an end to Quaker City's status as a dry town. Leota Alwine, the owner of Lingo's Hardware has capatilized on the good fortune and is currently the only place within the city limits that sales beer, which began early in July of 2005. Other businesses within the town include "The Quaker City Cafe" owned by Pat Winters, C & I Tanning owned by Chuck and Irene Simeral, Don's Custom Countertops owned by Donnie Burkhardt, Lions Den adult bookstore, and Shumans Auto Repair operated by Dave Shuman.
If you drive through Quaker City on any given morning you can see the town favorites, Richard and Ryan Perkins frying up some steaks on the grill. If you travel through the town a little bit, you may even see some young kids pull some fish, snakes, frogs, or turtles from the creek. If you never been to Mayberry, this is the closet thing, so come visit Quaker City.
