Kelleys Island, Ohio
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- There is also a Kelly's Island in Newfoundland, Canada.
Kelleys Island is both a village in Erie County, Ohio and the island which it fully occupies in Lake Erie. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total permanent population of 367. It is the largest of the American Lake Erie Islands. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area.
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[edit] Island Development
Kelleys is heavily forested among several residential areas, some for year-round residents, others for summer vacationers. Some small farms and a small limestone quarrying operation exist on the island. Historically, Kelleys Island was the center of limestone production in the Great Lakes when in the late 19th century when 16 limestone kilns produced lime on the island. Also the quarries were home of the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company, being once the largest producer of limestone and lime products in the world.
Numerous ruins of these operations and quarries dot the island. On the northern side, Kelleys Island State Park offers camping and protects the Glacial Grooves State Memorial and the North Shore Alvar State Natural Area. The glacial striations puts Kelleys in mild fame as inside are the largest and most easily accessible remains of glacial grooves in the world. Inscription Rock in the downtown area has barely visible pictographs drawn by the Eries, a Native American tribe which had a village there in the 16th century.
The Erie County 4H Camp is located on the north side of the island. Camp Patmos, a conservative Christian youth camp, is located on the northest side of the island.
The Islanders do most of their non-grocery shopping on the mainland where a private ferry runs to Marblehead, Ohio every half hour during tourist season. During the summer, another ferry runs from Sandusky to Kelleys and Put-In-Bay.
The most common types of establishments on Kelley's Island are pubs and restaurants, almost all of which close for the winter season in September and reopen around May. The oldest and arguably most well-known bar on the island is The Village Pump; others include The Caddyshack, Bag the Moon Saloon and The Casino.
The Island is also home to The Kelley's Island Wine Company, originally one of the oldest and largest wineries in the U.S. established in 1872. It stopped operation after two major fires eventually destroyed its facility during prohibition. The ruins of the original winery are still standing on the island. The Zettler Family re-estbalished The Kelley's Island Wine in 1982 at the site of one of the oldest stone cottages on the island known as the Nicholas Smith house circa 1865. Kirt and Robby Zettler built an addition to the small building in 1998. The working winery produces approximately 5000 gallons of wine a year, bottling six different varieties of award winning wines. It is now one of the largest establishments on the island featuring winetasting, a restaurant, gift shop, and an expansive outdoor facility with covered pavillions, a child play area, horseshoes and volleyball with plenty of area to throw a frisbee!
[edit] Geography
Kelleys Island is located at (41.601343, -82.697442)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 12.0 km² (4.6 mi²). 11.8 km² (4.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (1.30%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 367 people, 183 households, and 112 families residing in the village. The population density was 31.1/km² (80.5/mi²). There were 709 housing units at an average density of 60.0/km² (155.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.46% White, 0.27% African American, 0.27% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.27% of the population.
There were 183 households out of which 15.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.3% were non-families. 35.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.99 and the average family size was 2.55.
In the village the population was spread out with 15.0% under the age of 18, 2.2% from 18 to 24, 19.9% from 25 to 44, 40.1% from 45 to 64, and 22.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52 years. For every 100 females there were 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $35,500, and the median income for a family was $49,375. Males had a median income of $29,643 versus $26,071 for females. The per capita income for the village was $21,944. About 7.6% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 14.0% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] External links
- Kelleys Island Chamber of Commerce
- Kelleys Island - An Island For All Seasons
- Maps and aerial photos
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- Topographic map from TopoZone
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Erie County, Ohio Sandusky, county seat |
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| Municipalities |
Bay View | Bellevue | Berlin Heights | Castalia | Huron | Kelleys Island | Milan | Sandusky | Vermilion |
| Townships |
Berlin | Florence | Groton | Huron | Margaretta | Milan | Oxford | Perkins | Vermilion |
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