Cambridge, Ohio

Cambridge, Ohio
FIPS code		39-10996
GNIS feature ID	2393504[3]
Website	City of Cambridge

Cambridge (CAM-bridge) is a city in and the

.

Cambridge is well known among glass collectors as being the location for the Cambridge Glass, Boyd Glass and Mosser Glass plants. The Cambridge area is also noted for its S-shaped bridges, dating back to the building of the National Road in 1828.

History

In 1796, Col. Ebenezer Zane received funds to blaze a road suitable for travel by horse through the Ohio wilderness from a point on the Ohio River opposite Wheeling, Virginia (now Wheeling, West Virginia) to another point opposite Maysville, Kentucky. Where this road, known as Zane's Trace, crossed Wills Creek, a ferry was established in 1798. This was followed by the first bridge authorized by the legislature of the Northwest Territory, built in 1803. The land on which part of Cambridge stands was granted to Zaccheus Biggs and Zaccheus Beatty by the government in 1801. A settlement grew up at the creek crossing. The town of Cambridge was platted there in 1806. Both Cambridge, Maryland and Cambridge, Massachusetts have been speculated by historians as having inspired the naming of the town. Also in 1806, another group of early settlers from the Isle of Guernsey in the English Channel pitched camp in Cambridge, reportedly because the women in the party refused to move on. The county for which Cambridge serves as the county seat was later named in honor of its many settlers from Guernsey. In 1828, the federally built National Road came through Cambridge. The first railroad arrived in 1854. The Cambridge area experienced massive flooding in late June 1998.^[5]

Geography

Cambridge is located along

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.35 square miles (16.45 km²), all land.^[7]

Climate

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1840	766		—
1850	1,041		35.9%
1860	1,452		39.5%
1870	2,193		51.0%
1880	2,883		31.5%
1890	4,361		51.3%
1900	8,241		89.0%
1910	11,327		37.4%
1920	13,104		15.7%
1930	16,129		23.1%
1940	15,044		−6.7%
1950	14,739		−2.0%
1960	14,652		−0.6%
1970	13,656		−6.8%
1980	13,450		−1.5%
1990	11,748		−12.7%
2000	11,520		−1.9%
2010	10,635		−7.7%
2020	10,089		−5.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[10]

^[11]

2020 census

As of the

of any race were 1.6% of the population.

There were 4,568 households, of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.6% were married couples living together, 38.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 22.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.7% were non-families. 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 3.48.

The median age in the city was 39.9 years. 22.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.8% were from 25 to 44; 24.3% were from 45 to 64; and 20.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.5% male and 52.5% female.

2010 census

As of the

of any race were 1.2% of the population.

There were 4,651 households, of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.9% were married couples living together, 16.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 14.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.0% were non-families. 38.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.94.

The median age in the city was 38.8 years. 24.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.6% were from 25 to 44; 24.8% were from 45 to 64; and 17.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.6% male and 53.4% female.

2000 census

As of the

of any race were 0.96% of the population.

There were 4,924 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18, 39.2% were married couples living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.92.

The population of the city was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.8 males and every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 79.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $24,102, and the median income for a family was $30,780. Males had a median income of $26,368 versus $20,596 for females. The

, including 29.5% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Cambridge City School District administers one primary school (K–2), one intermediate school (3–5), one middle school and Cambridge High School.^[13] St. Benedict Elementary School is a Roman Catholic institution.^[14]

The Guernsey County Public Library operates two libraries in the city.^[15]

Transportation

Cambridge is the site of a major junction between Interstate 70 and Interstate 77; both routes have exits connecting to Cambridge's city center. The city is additionally bisected by U.S. Route 22/U.S. Route 40 acting as the de facto "main street", and is not too far away from Cambridge Municipal Airport, primarily used for general aviation. The closest commercial airport is Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport, but the airport only serves Contour Airlines and flies regionally; the closest commercial airport with cross-country service is John Glenn Columbus International Airport.

Notable people

• Daphne Alloway McVicker, writer
• William Lawrence Boyd, actor who portrayed western character Hopalong Cassidy
  in 66 films, lived on Gomber Avenue
• Dom Capers, defensive coordinator for NFL's Green Bay Packers; former defensive coordinator for Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers, also first head coach of Houston Texans and of Carolina Panthers
• Doug Donley, former wide receiver for Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears
• Tony Award
  for Best Book of a Musical
• Geno Ford, former Ohio Mr. Basketball and Ohio University player and coach; head coach at Kent State and Bradley
• United States Senator, chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, NASA astronaut, NASA payload specialist, United States Navy and Marine Corps colonel, World War II and Korean War veteran, first American to orbit Earth in his Mercury-Atlas 6
  mission
• Lisa Howard
  , film and television actress and journalist
• Bill Kenworthy, Major League Baseball player from 1912-1917^[16]
• Orville Singer, Negro league baseball player from 1923-1932^[17]
• William Oxley Thompson, fifth president of Ohio State University

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cambridge, Ohio.

Wikisource has the text of a 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article about Cambridge, Ohio.

• City website
• Cambridge City Schools
• The Daily Jeffersonian