Wapakoneta
| Wapakoneta | |||
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| Nickname : Home of the First Man on the Moon | |||
 Front entrance of the Armstrong Air and Space Museum |
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| Location in Ohio | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1782 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Ohio | ||
| County : | Auglaize County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 34 ′ N , 84 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 9,474 (as of 2005) | ||
| Population density : | 644.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 14.8 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of which 14.7 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 272 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 45819, 45895 | ||
| Area code : | +1 419 | ||
| FIPS : | 39-80766 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1070980 | ||
| Website : | www.wapakoneta.net | ||
| Mayor : | Rodney Metz | ||
 Downtown Wapakoneta |
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Wapakoneta is a city in Auglaize County , Ohio . It is the birthplace of astronaut Neil Armstrong and the seat of the county seat of Auglaize County. According to the 2000 census , it has 9,474 inhabitants.
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 14.8 km². 14.7 km² of it is land and 0.2 km² of it is water. This means that 1.05% of the area is water.
Demographic data
According to the 2000 census , the city has 9,474 inhabitants, 3,803 households and 240 families. The population density is 646.3 / km². 97.96% of the city's population are White, 0.19% African American , 0.26% Native American , 0.39% Asian American , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 0.37% of other ethnicities, 0.77% of two or more more races . 0.87% of the population are Latinos of any race.
33.1% of the 3,803 households have children under the age of 18. 51.4% of them are married couples living together, 11.2% are single mothers, 33.2% are not a family. 28.9% of households are singles and 11.9% have residents over 65 years of age. An average household has 2.43 and an average family 2.99 residents.
26.2% of the population are under 18, 9.7% between 18 and 24, 28.5% between 25 and 44, 20.2% between 45 and 64 and 15.6% are over 65. The average age is 35 years . The ratio between women and men is 100: 89.7, for residents over 18 the ratio is 100: 85.9.
The median income for a household is $ 38,531 and the median income for a family is $ 45,456. Males have a median income of $ 34,523 and females $ 23,478. The per capita income for the city is $ 18,976. 8.9% of the population and 8.4% of families are below the poverty line . Of these, 11.6% are under 18 and 9.3% over 65 years old.
Armstrong Air and Space Museum
The Armstrong Air and Space Museum , a futuristic air and space museum, was built in honor of Neil Armstrong .
Town twinning
The city of Wapakoneta maintains a city partnership with the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Lengerich .
sons and daughters of the town
- Kent Boyd , dancer
- Joseph William Tell Duvel (1873-1946), cultural technologist
- Neil Armstrong (1930–2012), test pilot and astronaut, first person to step on the moon
- Dudley Nichols (1895-1960), screenwriter and director