Hiram (Ohio)
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Location in Ohio
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Portage County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 19 ′ N , 81 ° 9 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,242 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 517.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.4 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.4 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 381 m | ||
| Postal code : | 44234 | ||
| Area code : | +1 330 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-35658 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1064842 | ||
| Website : | www.hiramvillage.org | ||
| Mayor : | Lou Bertrand | ||
Hiram is a municipality ( village ) in Portage County in the US state of Ohio . It was after the Phoenician King I. Hiram named. In 2000 Hiram had 1242 inhabitants.
geography
Hiram is in northeast Ohio. According to the United States Census Bureau , the total area is 2.4 km² of land.
Demographics
According to the 2000 census , there were 1242 people in 234 households and 148 families in the municipality. The population density was 517.5 per km². There were 249 housing units at an average density of 103.8 per km². 91.2% white people, 5.4% Afro-American, 1.4% Asian, 0.4% people of other origins and 1.5% with two or more origins lived here. Hispanics and Latinos made up 1.6% of the population.
13.0% were under 18 years of age, 39.5% were between 18 and 20, 43.1% were between 21 and 61, 0.7% were between 62 and 64 and 3.7% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 20.8 years.
The median income for a Hiram household is $ 45,417. The value for the entire United States is $ 41,994.
Economy and Infrastructure
education
At the local private college , Hiram College , 1,334 students are aiming for their first university degree. It was founded in 1850 as the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- James Rudolph Garfield (1865–1950), United States Secretary of the Interior
- Lucretia Garfield (1832-1918), First Lady of the United States
Personalities who have worked on site
The following people have studied or taught at Hiram College or its predecessor, the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute :
- Sharon Creech (born 1945), writer
- James A. Garfield (1831–1881), 20th President of the United States
- Osee M. Hall (1847-1914), politician
- John Samuel Kenyon (1874-1959), linguist
- Horace Ladd Moore (1837-1914), politician
- Augustus Herman Pettibone (1835-1918), politician
- Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004), painter, graphic artist and object artist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Gannett, Henry: The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States . Govt. Print. Off., 1905, p. 157.
- ↑ Table DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000, Geographic Area: United States. (PDF; 40 kB) Archived from the original on February 15, 2010 ; Retrieved July 19, 2010 .
- ↑ Hiram College Profile. In: Hiram College website. Retrieved October 16, 2012 .
- ^ History of the College. In: Hiram College website. Retrieved October 16, 2012 .