Batavia, Ohio

Batavia, Ohio
513
FIPS code	39-04150[6]
GNIS feature ID	2398047[5]
Website	bataviavillage.org

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History

Batavia was surveyed on May 28, 1788, by Captain Francis Minnis, John O'Bannon, Nicholas Keller, Archelus Price, and John Ormsley. Virginian Ezekiel Dimmitt became the area's first settler in the fall of 1797. George Ely purchased the Minnis survey in 1807 and platted the town on October 24, 1814, possibly naming it after Batavia, New York. The Clermont County seat moved from New Richmond to Batavia on February 24, 1824.^[1] Batavia finally incorporated as a village on February 10, 1842.^[10]

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.62 square miles (4.20 km²), of which 1.59 square miles (4.12 km²) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km²) is water.^[11] It is surrounded by Batavia Township.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1820	208		—
1830	426		104.8%
1840	350		−17.8%
1850	400		14.3%
1860	500		25.0%
1870	827		65.4%
1880	1,015		22.7%
1890	953		−6.1%
1900	1,029		8.0%
1910	1,034		0.5%
1920	1,088		5.2%
1930	1,119		2.8%
1940	1,320		18.0%
1950	1,445		9.5%
1960	1,729		19.7%
1970	1,894		9.5%
1980	1,896		0.1%
1990	1,700		−10.3%
2000	1,617		−4.9%
2010	1,509		−6.7%
2020	1,972		30.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[12]

2010 census

As of the

of any race were 0.9% of the population.

There were 629 households, of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.7% were married couples living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.7% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.91.

The median age in the village was 37.7 years. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.5% were from 25 to 44; 27.3% were from 45 to 64; and 13.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 47.1% male and 52.9% female.

2000 census

As of the

of any race were 0.37% of the population.

There were 651 households, out of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.2% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the village, the age distribution of the population shows 25.9% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $40,804, and the median income for a family was $50,238. Males had a median income of $36,190 versus $25,583 for females. The

, including 8.4% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Economy

Batavia was home to Ford Motor Company's Batavia Transmission plant until it closed in 2009 under a corporate plan called "The Way Forward". Batavia anchored an industrial area that also includes rollercoaster manufacturer Clermont Steel Fabricators.

Attractions

The Tri-State Warbird Museum is located at the Clermont County Airport.^[14]

Education

University of Cincinnati Clermont College, a regional campus of the University of Cincinnati, is in Batavia. UC Clermont's satellite campus, UC East, operates out of the administrative offices of the former Ford plant. Due to declining enrollment at UC Clermont, UC East was closed and is vacated as of 2020.

Batavia and the surrounding township belongs to the Batavia Local School District. The village annexed its only high school,

Batavia has a public library, a branch of the Clermont County Public Library.^[16]

Media

WOBO-FM broadcasts from Batavia at 88.7 MHz. The Clermont Sun has published weekly since 1828.^[1]

Transportation

Batavia is on Ohio State Route 32, also known as the Appalachian Highway, a major east–west highway that connects Interstate 275 and the Cincinnati area to the rural counties of Southern Ohio. State Routes Ohio State Route 132 and 222 also pass through Batavia's downtown area.

The

(CCET) passes through Batavia.

Notable people

• Audrey Bolte – beauty queen, 2012 Miss Ohio USA
• Charlie Case – baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates
• Reader W. Clarke – lawyer, Whig newspaper publisher, and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Lieutenant General
  Adjutant General of the U.S. Army^[1]
• William Howard – soldier, lawyer, and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• George W. Hulick – teacher, lawyer, soldier, judge, and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Josephine Johnson – novelist, 1935 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner
• Charles Cyrus Kearns – lawyer, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Staff Sergent
  Keith Matthew Maupin
   – Army soldier captured in Iraq in 2004, whose death was not confirmed until 2008
• Jonathan D. Morris – lawyer, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Earl Mossor – baseball player, Brooklyn Dodgers
• Bill Mussey – journalist and Republican member of the Ohio General Assembly
• Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court^[1]
• Joel Peckham – poet
• Julius Penn  – U.S. Army brigadier general in World War I^[17]
• Gene Schott – baseball player, Cincinnati Reds
• Joe Smith – baseball player, Houston Astros
• Philip Bergen Swing – United States federal judge, S.D. Ohio
• Murray Thurston Titus – Christian missionary to India

References

External links

• Village website