Leipsic (Ohio)

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Leipsic
Leipsic (Ohio)
Leipsic
Leipsic
Location in Ohio
Basic data
State : United States
State : Ohio
County : Putnam County
Coordinates : 41 ° 6 ′  N , 83 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 6 ′  N , 83 ° 59 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 2,236 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 266.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 8.4 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of
which 8.4 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 233 m
Postcodes : 45815, 45856
Area code : +1 419
FIPS : 39-42602
GNIS ID : 1064984
Website : www.leipsic.com

Leipsic is a village founded in 1874 in Putnam County , Ohio , United States . It is located in the fertile and intensely agricultural plain of the former Great Black Swamp . At the 2000 census, the place had 2236 inhabitants.

Demographics

The population of Leipsic consists of 80.6% white and 0.4% black or African Americans, Native Americans and Asians. 15.7% said they belonged to other races and 2.5% mentioned two or more races. 23.9% were Hispanic or Latino . Several hundred residents are of Mexican descent. The high proportion of Hispanics resulted from the influx of seasonal workers who settled in the village. Migrant workers continue to come to Leipsic every summer to take over the grain or tomato harvest on the surrounding farms .

Economy and working conditions

The Farm Labor Organizing Committee , founded by Baldemar Velasquez in Toledo in 1967, works to improve the working conditions of migrants in the Midwest and North Carolina . After years of unsuccessful negotiations with the farmers, she organized a boycott of the canning factories from Leipsic in 1978, which in turn dictated the prices to the landowners. But it wasn't until 1986 that the union reached a contract with Campbell and the farmers in Ohio and Michigan, which guaranteed the migrant workers, among other things, wage increases and health insurance. In Leipsic itself, a Summer Migrant Education Program was set up for the children of the workers . It is aimed at primary school students and is primarily intended to improve their reading and English skills.

The transport of agricultural products is mainly provided by rail freight. Leipsic is served by lines of the CSX , Norfolk Southern and Canadian National-GTW . Due to the good transport links, industrial companies have also settled in the village, such as an electroplating plant for automotive steel and, since 2008, a biodiesel refinery.

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