Bluffton, Ohio
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 Downtown Bluffton |
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| Location in Ohio | |||
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| Foundation : | 1861 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| Counties : |
Allen County Hancock County |
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| Coordinates : | 40 ° 54 ′ N , 83 ° 54 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 3,896 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 453 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 8.7 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 8.6 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 254 m | ||
| Postal code : | 45817 | ||
| Area code : | +1 419 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-07426 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1064461 | ||
| Website : | www.bluffton-ohio.com | ||
| Mayor : | Fred Rodabaugh | ||
Bluffton is a municipality in Allen County and Hancock County in the US state of Ohio . Bluffton had a population of 3,896 at the 2000 census. Bluffton is also home to Bluffton University , a four-year educational institution affiliated with Mennonite Church USA .
Geography and traffic
Bluffton is located in central northwest Ohio and benefits from being close to I-75 . The US Highway 30 located 16 kilometers south of Bluffton. Interstates I-80 and I-90 are also less than an hour north of Bluffton. This means that the larger cities in the Midwest can also be reached quickly.
A railway line of the Norfolk and Western Railroad or Norfolk Southern Railway stops in Bluffton.
Bluffton is accessible by air via Bluffton Airport.
Bluffton was founded near Riley Creek , the water power of which could be used for the first saw and flour mills.
economy
After the Superior Coach Company , part of the Sheller-Globe Corporation since 1969 , ceased production of school buses in Lima in 1980, three former employees founded Mid Bus , a car company in 1982 in which they manufactured much smaller buses. While the earlier school buses had up to 66 seats, Mid Bus initially manufactured a bus for 16 people. This concept led to the rapid growth of the company, which then moved to a much larger factory in Bluffton. In 1998, Mid Bus was taken over by Collins Industries . In September 2007, Collins Industries announced that it would move bus production to the company's main facility in South Hutchinson , Kansas .
In Bluffton, Grob Systems , a Bavarian manufacturer of machine tools for the automotive industry, and DTR, a joint venture between Duramax and the Japanese Tokai Rubber , a supplier of rubber parts for the automotive industry, stayed.
history
Bluffton was settled in northwest Ohio in 1832. The wooded landscape reminded the European settlers of their homeland. They cleared the forest and the soil turned out to be particularly fertile. Sawmills along Riley Creek processed the wood. Soon there were shops and inns, and the more businesses that were founded, the more families settled in and formed the Bluffton parish. In 1861 Bluffton was incorporated as a Village . Bluffton was named after the Mennonite community of Bluffton in Indiana .
Bluffton University
Bluffton University was founded in 1899 as the Central Mennonite College in Bluffton. As the number of Mennonite students decreased, the college was renamed Bluffton University. In 1997 only 13 percent of the students were Mennonites.
Despite the minor role the Mennonites play in the university, it remains attached to their religious values. There is a strict code of honor and students are allowed to take their written exams alone, without a supervisor. Also in the cafeteria on campus , ID cards and meal cards are not asked, but guests are expected to pay for their menu themselves.
In the 20th century the university always had a student body of a few hundred, but in the 1990s the number exceeded 1,000. In 2005 there were 1,211 including 239 graduate students. Phyllis Diller and Hugh Downs are among the university's noted alumni.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Carl C. Anderson (1877-1912), politician
- Alan G. Marshall (* 1944), chemist
- Tom Beutler (born 1946), American football player
- Bob Latta (born 1956), member of the House of Representatives
Personalities related to the city
- Samuel S. Yoder (1841–1921), medical doctor and lawyer, Mayor of Bluffton 1868 to 1878, Congressman for Ohio from 1887 to 1891, from 1891 to 1893 Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
- Benjamin F. Welty (1870–1962), politician
- Phyllis Diller (1917–2012), comedian , is a graduate of Bluffton University
- Hugh Malcolm Downs (* 1921), radio and television presenter, attended Bluffton University
- Tobias S. Buckell (* 1979), science fiction author, lives in Bluffton
Individual evidence
- ↑ Collinsbus ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Central Mennonite College
- ↑ Tobias Buckells homepage
