Mentor (Ohio)

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mentor
James A. Garfield National Historic Site (2009)
James A. Garfield National Historic Site (2009)
Location in Ohio
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Basic data
Foundation : 1797
State : United States
State : Ohio
County : Lake County
Coordinates : 41 ° 41 ′  N , 81 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′  N , 81 ° 21 ′  W
Time zone : Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents : 51,485 (as of 2005)
Population density : 742.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 72.7 km 2  (approx. 28 mi 2 ) of
which 69.3 km 2  (approx. 27 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 211 m
Postcodes : 44060, 44061
Area code : +1 440
FIPS : 39-49056
GNIS ID : 1085475
Website : www.cityofmentor.com

Mentor is a city in the north of the United States in the state of Ohio in Lake County .

It is located south of Lake Erie near Cleveland about 37 km from downtown. Mentor has 51,485 inhabitants (as of: 2005 census) on an area of ​​72.7 km².

history

Mentor has a National Historic Landmark , the James A. Garfield National Historic Site . From the porch of his Mentor home, James A. Garfield led the first Front Porch Campaign in American political history in the 1880 presidential election . 80 buildings and sites in the city are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of October 1, 2018).

Population development

year Residents¹
1980 42,065
1990 47,358
2000 50,278
2005 51,485

¹ 1980–2000: census results; 2005 - Update of the US Census Bureau

Sons of the city

Web links

Commons : Mentor (Ohio)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of NHL by State . National Park Service , accessed October 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ Jody C. Baumgartner: Modern Presidential Electioneering: An Organizational and Comparative Approach. Praeger, Westport (CT), ISBN 0-275-96760-3 , p. 18.
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 1, 2018.