Mingo Junction
| Mingo Junction | |
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 Location in Ohio
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Ohio |
| County : | Jefferson County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 19 ′ N , 80 ° 37 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 3,631 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 550.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.6 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 6.6 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 243 m |
| Postal code : | 43938 |
| Area code : | +1 740 |
| FIPS : | 39-50904 |
| GNIS ID : | 1065035 |
Mingo Junction is a town in Jefferson County , Ohio , United States along the Ohio River . The population was 3,631 at the 2000 census.
In 1900 its only manufacturing facility was a steel mill operated by the Carnegie Steel Company . At that time there were already almost 3,000 inhabitants in the place, in 1910 there were 4,000, by 1940 the population had increased to 5,192.
history
The place is named after the Indian tribe of Mingo named by before the colonization of this area European had built a village on the site of the present community immigrants. At Mingo Junction, the Crawford campaign of 500 Pennsylvania volunteers began in May 1787 against the Indian tribes of the Ohio area. The Lenni Lenape took revenge on the captured whites for the Gnadenhütten massacre of members of their people in Gnadenhutten .
particularities
Mingo Junction was the location for two films: Those Going Through Hell ( The Deer Hunter , 1978), in which the abandoned steel mill played an essential role as a backdrop, and Young and Ruthless ( Reckless , 1984).
Sons and daughters of the church
- Joe Fortunato (1930-2017), American football player