Caldwell, Ohio

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Caldwell is a village located along the West Fork of Duck Creek in Noble County, Ohio, in the United States. The population was 1,956 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Noble County^GR6.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 Trivia 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

The village is named for Joseph and Samuel Caldwell, its original landowners ^[1].

Caldwell is the location of the Thorla-McKee Well, believed to be the first oil producing well in North America.

While passing through an area of thunderstorms and turbulence over Ohio early in the morning of the 3rd of September 1927, the airship Shenandoah was torn apart and crashed in several pieces near Caldwell.

[edit] Geography

Caldwell is located at 39°44′51″N, 81°30′58″W (39.747404, -81.516156)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,956 people, 831 households, and 480 families residing in the village. The population density was 770.6/km² (1,998.2/mi²). There were 887 housing units at an average density of 349.5/km² (906.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.13% White, 0.15% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.31% Asian, and 0.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.10% of the population.

There were 831 households out of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.6% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 39.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the village the population was spread out with 20.1% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 26.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 82.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.2 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $26,020, and the median income for a family was $36,094. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $19,643 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,942. About 9.7% of families and 14.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.5% of those under age 18 and 15.2% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Trivia

Caldwell High School's cross country team had one of the most dominant runs by any Ohio High School Athletic Association team, winning small-school state championships every year from 1985 to 1992. During several of these years, they were also arguably the best team in any division, since they beat the best large-school state champions from those years in regular-season races. Dugan Hill, who was also on a 1973 state title team at Caldwell, ^[2] coached those teams, and in still coaching at CHS continues to produce many solid state-qualifying teams. The Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches elected him to their Hall of Fame in 1996 and awarded him the Ed Barker award in 2006 for these outstanding accomplishments. ^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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	Noble County, Ohio Caldwell, county seat
Municipalities	Batesville | Belle Valley | Caldwell | Dexter City | Sarahsville | Summerfield
Townships	Beaver | Brookfield | Buffalo | Center | Elk | Enoch | Jackson | Jefferson | Marion | Noble | Olive | Seneca | Sharon | Stock | Wayne
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