Masury
| Masury | |||
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Location in Ohio
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Trumbull County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 12 ′ N , 80 ° 32 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,618 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 278.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 9.5 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) of which 9.4 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 280 m | ||
| Postal code : | 44438 | ||
| Area code : | +1 330 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-48272 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1048952 | ||
Masury is a census-designated place (CDP) in Trumbull County , Ohio , United States . According to the 2000 census , the population was 2,618.
Masury is largely an area of Brookfield Township , but has its own post office and zip code. All other facilities, such as fire brigade , police and school authorities, are the same as in the rest of the township.
Masury is statistically recorded as a separate entity by the United States Census Bureau , but this has no effect on the administration, which is carried out by Brookfield Township. The statistically recorded area of Masury extends beyond the township border of Brookfield Township and also includes a small section in neighboring Hubbard Township .
geography
Masury is to the east of Brookfield Township, which is located in southeast Trumbull County. A small part of the area extends beyond the southern border of the township into the north-eastern part of the Churchill township. Masury forms the eastern border from Ohio to the state of Pennsylvania .
history
Masury is named after Frederick Masury who founded an explosives factory , the Masurite Company, in the southwest of Brookfield Township in 1903 . Masury was a chemist at DuPont when he invented an explosive that he believed was much safer than the dynamite used at the time . He started his company here because the coal companies and quarries in Ohio ensured increased sales of his explosives. A settlement soon formed around the complex. The factory closed in 1911 because the ammonium nitrate- based explosives were replaced by others.
On May 31, 1985, a tornado almost completely destroyed the southern industrial area of Masury. The hurricane had a strength of F5 on the Fujita scale , which means a speed of 400 to 500 km / h. It came from the west, where it had hit Newton Falls , Lordstown , Niles and Hubbard , swept south of Masury and caused the greatest destruction in neighboring Wheatland , Pennsylvania , where numerous factories were destroyed. A woman was killed in Masury, a total of 88 people, 65 of whom died in Pennsylvania.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ Website about the 1985 tornado
- ^ Mackenzie Carpenter: The Day the Twister Came. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 29, 2006, 20 years after the tornado