Wellsville, Ohio

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Wellsville is a village in Columbiana County, Ohio, along the Ohio River. The population was 4,133 at the 2000 census.

Wellsville is served by the Wellsville Carnegie Public Library. In 2005, the library loaned more than 55,000 items to its 8,000 cardholders. Total holdings as of 2005 are over 36,000 volumes with over 62 periodical subscriptions. ^[1]

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Wellsville is located at 40°36′15″N, 80°39′8″W (40.604168, -80.652207)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.8 km² (1.9 mi²). 4.6 km² (1.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (5.88%) is water.

[edit] History

The Yellow Creek Massacre occurred near Wellsville in 1774. A group of whites killed the relatives of Chief Logan, who was camped on Yellow Creek. Logan took revenge, resulting in Lord Dunmore's War.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 4,133 people, 1,696 households, and 1,107 families residing in the village. The population density was 906.7/km² (2,348.4/mi²). There were 1,869 housing units at an average density of 410.0/km² (1,062.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 90.59% White, 6.97% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.05% from other races, and 2.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.39% of the population.

There were 1,696 households out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were married couples living together, 19.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the village the population was spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 86.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $26,198, and the median income for a family was $33,245. Males had a median income of $26,724 versus $19,904 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,335. About 16.5% of families and 17.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.3% of those under age 18 and 12.1% of those age 65 or over.