Rossford, Ohio
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Rossford is a city in Wood County, Ohio, along the Maumee River. The population was 6,406 at the 2000 census. The town lies at the Crossroads of America, the intersection of Interstate 75 and the Ohio Turnpike. Bass Pro Shops recently purchased a multi-million dollar parsel of land at the Crossroads after looking at the Toledo Marina District. Rossford has a large school district with three public grade-schools: Glenwood, Eagle Point, and Indian Hills; a junior-high, a high-school, and All Saints Catholic school, a Pre-K through 8th grade school. The town's library recently incorporated a two million dollar renovation.
[edit] History
Rossford was founded by Edward Ford of the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company. In 1898 Ford purchased 173 acres along the Maumee River to build the Edward Ford Plate Glass Company. As the workers came to the factory Ford named the resulting town Rossford by combining the last name of his second wife, Caroline Ross, with his. Shortly after the foundation of the plant, Ford built the Ford Club next to the plant so the workers could socialize. In 1998, Rossford's cenntenial, Rossford built a memorial next to the run down Ford Club in memory of the foundation of the town. The cenntenial was marked by a street fair, parade, concert, and several other festivities. There are three elementary schools in the city of Rossford, two of them are significant envirnments for learning. The other school, is said to be, "Bold textToo blown out of proportion and the principal is terrible, she's a know-it-all and none of the students that attend the school have respect for her, nor do they for the staff," says a 7th grade student at the school. The school, of course being All Saints. Therefore, this city isn't a great place of education.
[edit] Geography
Rossford is located at (41.593717, -83.568047)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.9 km² (4.6 mi²). 11.1 km² (4.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it (6.32%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 6,406 people, 2,610 households, and 1,743 families residing in the city. The population density was 575.2/km² (1,489.7/mi²). There were 2,736 housing units at an average density of 245.7/km² (636.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.27% White, 1.28% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.81% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.48% from other races, and 0.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.69% of the population.
There were 2,610 households out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.04.
In the city, the population was spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $43,776, and the median income for a family was $57,442. Males had a median income of $40,516 versus $27,560 for females. The per capita income for the city was $25,119. About 2.7% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.4% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.
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Wood County, Ohio Bowling Green, county seat |
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| Municipalities |
Bairdstown | Bloomdale | Bowling Green | Bradner | Custar | Cygnet | Fostoria | Grand Rapids | Haskins | Hoytville | Jerry City | Luckey | Millbury | Milton Center | North Baltimore | Northwood | Pemberville | Perrysburg | Portage | Rising Sun | Rossford | Tontogany | Wallbridge | Wayne | West Millgrove | Weston |
| Townships |
Bloom | Center | Freedom | Grand Rapids | Henry | Jackson | Lake | Liberty | Middleton | Milton | Montgomery | Perry | Perrysburg | Plain | Portage | Troy | Washington | Webster | Weston |
| Other localities |
Dunbridge | Lemoyne | Moline | Rudolph | Stony Ridge |
