Sebring (Ohio)
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Location in Ohio
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State : | United States |
State : | Ohio |
County : | Mahoning County |
Coordinates : | 40 ° 55 ′ N , 81 ° 1 ′ W |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
Residents : | 4,912 (as of: 2000) |
Population density : | 926.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 5.3 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 5.3 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
Height : | 335 m |
Postal code : | 44672 |
Area code : | +1 330 |
FIPS : | 39-71220 |
GNIS ID : | 1049163 |
Website : | www.sebringohio.net |
Sebring is a village in Mahoning County , Ohio , United States . At the time of the 2000 census, the place had a total of 4,912 inhabitants.
history
The place Sebring was founded by the Sebring brothers of the same name, who originally came from East Liverpool . The Sebring family, an entrepreneurial family from the pottery industry, wanted to build the place up as a so-called city of pottery and by giving it its name, erect it as a kind of monument to their work and work.
The Sebring family's first factories started operating in 1898. In total, the family employed around 3,300 people within a very short period of time. After a while the place got the title pottery capital of the world .
Sebring is one of the cities of origin of the automobile. As early as 1912 a factory began to build the so-called Sebring Six in Sebring . A total of 25 vehicles were built in Sebring. The automotive history of the place led to the fact that the Chrysler company named one of its models Chrysler Sebring in 2001 .
Culture and sights
Sebring is served by a branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County .
Regular events
The annual festival of the fire brigade ( Sebring Fire Department Festival ), a large fair with rides and competitions, is the most famous folk festival in the area and is known beyond the borders of Sebring.
Personalities
- Donald Schreckengost († 2001), artist & designer
- Viktor Schreckengost (1906–2008), industrial designer
- Rose Mary Woods (1917–2005), secretary to President Richard Nixon