Poland, Ohio
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Poland is a village in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,866 at the 2000 census. The town is part of the Youngstown, Ohio metro area.
The town was founded by Jonathan Fowler, who fell in love with Yellow Creek which flows through Poland. Fowler owned an inn near the river. The historical buildings of Poland can be identified by a wooden sign in the shape of Ohio, located by the front door of the building. The sign tells what the building once was.
The village was settled by people from Connecticut, who were given land grants in the northeastern portion of Ohio, then known as the Connecticut Western Reserve, of which Poland Township was the southeasternmost portion, or Town One, Range One.
[edit] Education and library
Here are a list of schools in Poland.
- Poland North Elementary (Grades K-4)
- Poland Union Elementary (Grades P-4)
- Poland Dobbins Elementary (Grades K-4)
- Poland McKinley School (Grades 5-6)
- Poland Middle School (Grades 7-8)
- Poland Seminary High School (Grades 9-12)
The official site for these schools can be located in the polandbulldogs.com link.
Poland is served by a branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County.
[edit] Sports and Activities
The Poland Schools play by the nickname of the Bulldogs. Here is a list of sports for each school:
Poland Seminary High School:
- Academic Challenge - Keith Sikora & Paul Hay, 2005 state tag-team champions
- Baseball
- Basketball made to state semi finals in 2007
- Football - 1999 state champions
- Tennis
- Swimming
- Soccer
- Volleyball
- Cross Country
- Golf
- Squash
- Track - 2000 state champions
- Debate
- Marching Band
- Concert/Symphonic Bands
- Jazz Band
- Speech Team
Poland Middle School
- Football
- Basketball
- Volleyball
- Cross Country
- Track
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 2,866 people, 1,086 households, and 822 families residing in the village. The population density was 892.4/km² (2,303.2/mi²). There were 1,123 housing units at an average density of 349.7/km² (902.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.16% White, 0.24% African American, 0.01% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.17% from other races, and 0.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.98% of the population.
There were 1,086 households out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.01.
In the village the population was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $47,273, and the median income for a family was $55,486. Males had a median income of $42,857 versus $23,603 for females. The per capita income for the village was $23,924. About 4.5% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.8% of those under age 18 and 13.2% of those age 65 or over.
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Mahoning County, Ohio Youngstown, county seat |
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| Municipalities |
Alliance | Beloit | Campbell | Canfield | Columbiana | Craig Beach | Lowellville | New Middletown | Poland | Sebring | Struthers | Washingtonville | Youngstown |
| Townships |
Austintown | Beaver | Berlin | Boardman | Canfield | Coitsville | Ellsworth | Goshen | Green | Jackson | Milton | Poland | Smith | Springfield |
| Census-designated places | |
| Other localities |
Damascus | Ellsworth | Greenford | Lake Milton | New Springfield | North Benton | North Jackson | North Lima | Petersburg |
