Hamilton (Ohio)
Hamilton | ||
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Location in Ohio
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | 1794 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Ohio | |
County : | Butler County | |
Coordinates : | 39 ° 24 ′ N , 84 ° 34 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 62,477 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 1,115.7 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 57.2 km 2 (approx. 22 mi 2 ) of which 56.0 km 2 (approx. 22 mi 2 ) are land |
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Height : | 181 m | |
Area code : | +1 513 | |
FIPS : | 39-33012 | |
GNIS ID : | 1064784 | |
Website : | www.hamilton-city.org | |
Mayor : | Pat Moeller | |
Butler County Courthouse |
Hamilton is a city in Butler County , southwest Ohio , United States . In 2010, Hamilton had 62,477 residents. The city is the county seat of Butler County and is near the metropolitan areas of Cincinnati and Dayton . The mayor of the city is Pat Moeller. Most of the city is part of the Hamilton City School District.
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 57.3 km², of which 56.0 km² is land and 1.2 km² (= 2.13%) is water.
history
Hamilton was originally founded as Fairfield in 1794 and then took the name from Fort Hamilton, founded by General Arthur St. Clair and named after US Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton . Generals St. Clair and Richard Butler , who gave Butler County its name, set out from here in 1791 to fight the Indians . Butler was killed in this campaign.
Hamilton was first incorporated as a town by the Ohio General Assembly in 1810 , but lost its status in 1815 because the city had not held elections. Together with Rossville on the other bank of the Great Miami River , it was incorporated again in St. Clair Township in 1827 . The two places separated their togetherness, but were reunited in 1854 and incorporated as a city in 1857 . On March 14, 1867, Hamilton withdrew from the townships of Fairfield and St. Clair to form its own township.
The Dixon Globe Opera House Robinson Schwenn Building , built in 1866, is located in Hamilton . The County Courthouse, built between 1885 and 1889, was entered on the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture ; the city has three historic districts with buildings from around 1900. Like Cincinnati, Hamilton's culture and architecture was shaped by numerous German immigrants.
The paper industry , ironworks, and other manufacturing operations thrived in Hamilton during the first half of the 20th century, mainly due to the availability of well-trained workers and cheap water supplies. The Great Miami River and the Miami and Erie Canal provided the industry with transportation for materials and products, but posed a risk to the city; in the Great Dayton Flood of 1913, Hamilton was one of the hardest hit cities in Ohio.
In the 1920s, some Chicago criminals had second homes in Hamilton - John Dillinger's visit to the city has been proven -; so the place earned the nickname "Little Chicago" . Some of them appear to have invested in the city as a neighborhood was developing with a thriving gambling and prostitution offer , including Madame Freeze's and the brothels on Wood Street (now Pershing Avenue ). During the Second World War , the city was therefore a restricted zone for military personnel. Factories in Hamilton produced equipment for the armed forces, armored turrets, machines for Liberty freighters and submarines, and metal stampings.
When the new Interstate 75 was built in the 1950s, the route followed the Miami and Erie Canal and bypassed the city. Until 1999, when the Butler County Veterans Highway was built, Hamilton was the second largest city in the United States with no direct access to the interstate system .
Demographics
Population development | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1820 | 660 | - | |
1830 | 1079 | 63.5% | |
1840 | 1406 | 30.3% | |
1850 | 3210 | 128.3% | |
1860 | 7223 | 125% | |
1870 | 11,081 | 53.4% | |
1880 | 12,122 | 9.4% | |
1890 | 17,565 | 44.9% | |
1900 | 23,914 | 36.1% | |
1910 | 35,279 | 47.5% | |
1920 | 39,675 | 12.5% | |
1930 | 52.176 | 31.5% | |
1940 | 40,592 | -22.2% | |
1950 | 57,951 | 42.8% | |
1960 | 72,345 | 24.8% | |
1970 | 67,865 | -6.2% | |
1980 | 63.189 | -6.9% | |
1990 | 61,436 | -2.8% | |
2000 | 60,690 | -1.2% | |
2010 | 62,477 | 2.9% |
According to the 2000 census , Hamilton had 60,690 people. The population density was 1084.3 people per km ². There were 25,913 housing units at an average of 463.0 per km². Hamilton's population was 88.94% White , 7.55% Black or African American , 0.29% Native American , 0.45% Asian , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 1.46% of other races belong to and 1.28% named two or more races. 2.58% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.
The residents of Hamilton distributed to 24,188 households out of which 31.5% had children under 18 years of age. 45.5% of households were married, 15.3% had a female head of the household without a husband and 34.4% were not families. 29.3% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 11.7% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.02.
The population was divided into 25.8% minors, 9.8% 18–24 year olds, 29.9% 25–44 year olds, 20.2% 45–64 year olds and 14.3% aged 65 and over or more. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 women there were 92.6 men. For every 100 women over the age of 18, there were 89.1 men.
The median household income in Hamilton was $ 35,365 , and the median family income reached the level of $ 41,936. The median income for men was $ 32,646 compared to $ 23,850 for women. The per capita income was $ 17,493. 13.4% of the population and 10.6% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 18.1% of minors and 9.8% of those aged 65 and over.
sons and daughters of the town
- Raymond L. Bisplinghoff (1917–1985), aircraft engineer
- Emery Blades (* 1928), rockabilly musician
- Thomas Sebastian Byrne (1841–1923), Roman Catholic Bishop of Nashville
- Jim Holstein (1930–2007), NBA basketball player
- Jack D. Hunter (1921-2009), author
- Fannie Hurst (1889–1968), writer and journalist
- Eric Lange (* 1973), actor
- Min Leibrook (1903–1943), jazz musician
- Robert McCloskey (1914-2003), writer
- Eugene Millikin (1891-1958), US Senator
- Steve Morse (* 1954), musician and co-founder of the fusion band Dixie Dregs , guitarist with Deep Purple
- Leonard Nitz (* 1956), track cyclist
- Walter E. Powell (1931-2020), politician
- Roger Troutman (1951-1999), musician
- Andrew R. Wheeler (* 1964), lawyer
- Kenny Veal (born 1989), arena football player
- Scott Walker (1943-2019), musician
swell
- Jim Blount. The 1900s: 100 Years In the History of Butler County, Ohio . Hamilton, Ohio: Past Present Press, 2000.
- Butler County Engineer's Office. Butler County Official Transportation Map, 2003 . Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio : The Office, 2003.
- Cincinnati Transit Net