Wilmington, Ohio
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Foundation : | 1810 |
State : | United States |
State : | Ohio |
County : | Clinton County |
Coordinates : | 39 ° 27 ′ N , 83 ° 50 ′ W |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
Residents : | 11,921 (as of: 2000) |
Population density : | 617.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 19.3 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of which 19.3 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
Height : | 310 m |
Postal code : | 45177 |
Area code : | +1 937 |
FIPS : | 39-85792 |
GNIS ID : | 1061792 |
Website : | ci.wilmington.oh.us |
Mayor : | David L. Raizk |
Wilmington is a city and the county seat of Clinton County , Ohio , United States of America. In 1810 the city of Clinton was founded. It became the seat of the newly formed Clinton County. In 1811 the name Clinton was changed to Wilmington. In 1828 the city received city rights.
In 1833 Wilmington had a brick courthouse, prison, fourteen shops, two taverns, four churches, four vegetable stores, and 100 residential buildings. According to a census from 2000, the population is 11,921 people. In the 19th century, Wilmington College was founded by a Quaker. Up until the summer of 2009, Wilmington was the Airborne Airpark, one of three DHL freight hubs . In 2016, filmmaker Michael Moore shot the film Michael Moore in TrumpLand at the Murphy Theater, Wilmington .
Name variants
The village has a few different names:
- Armenia
- Clinton
- Mount Pleasant
- Robertson's Mills
sons and daughters of the town
- Charles B. Timberlake (1854–1941), politician
- Clarence M. Jones (1889–1949), pianist, arranger and composer
- Norris Turney (1921-2001), jazz saxophonist, flutist and clarinetist
- Brian Agler (* 1958), American basketball coach
- Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller (* 1959), German entrepreneur
Individual evidence
- ^ Hellmann, Paul T .: Historical Gazetteer of the United States . Routledge, May 13, 2013, p. 877 (accessed November 30, 2013).
- ^ Kilbourn, John: The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary . Scott and Wright, 1833, p. 496 (Accessed December 12, 2013).
- ^ A b c d Doctor HF Raup Ohio Place Names Research File