Port Washington, Ohio

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Port Washington is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 552 at the 2000 census.

Port Washington was the birthplace of Alexander Helwig Wyant, an American landscape painter.

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[edit] Geography

Location of Port Washington, Ohio

Port Washington is located at 40°19′39″N, 81°31′12″W (40.327467, -81.520096),GR1 along the Tuscarawas River.[1]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 552 people, 204 households, and 161 families residing in the village. The population density was 417.9/km² (1,091.2/mi²). There were 213 housing units at an average density of 161.3/km² (421.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.83% White, 0.18% African American, 0.54% from other races, and 1.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.27% of the population.

There were 204 households out of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.6% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.6% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the village the population was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $36,111, and the median income for a family was $37,344. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $18,173 for females. The per capita income for the village was $13,674. About 2.3% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] References

  1. ^ DeLorme (1991). Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-233-1.

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Tuscarawas County, Ohio
New Philadelphia, county seat
Municipalities

Baltic | Barnhill | Bolivar | Dennison | Dover | Gnadenhutten | Midvale | Mineral City | New Philadelphia | Newcomerstown | Parral | Port Washington | Roswell | Stone Creek | Strasburg | Sugarcreek | Tuscarawas | Uhrichsville | Zoar

Townships

Auburn | Bucks | Clay | Dover | Fairfield | Franklin | Goshen | Jefferson | Lawrence | Mill | Oxford | Rush | Perry | Salem | Sandy | Sugar Creek | Union | Warren | Warwick | Washington | Wayne | York

Other localities

Dundee | Sandyville | Somerdale | Stillwater