Pioneer, Ohio
Pioneer, Ohio | ||
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FIPS code 39-62834[3] | | |
| GNIS feature ID | 2399678[2] | |
| Website | http://www.villageofpioneer.com/ http://www.pioneerchamber.com/ | |
Pioneer is a
History
Pioneer was platted in 1853.[4] A post office has been in operation at Pioneer since 1851.[5]
From 1903, the village was the terminus of an electric interurban passenger railroad from Toledo called the Toledo and Western Railway, which was hoping to become a link in an electric rail service from that city to Chicago but which got no further.[6] The line closed to passengers in 1933 but continued freight service until 1943, from 1934 as the Pioneer and Fayette Railroad. This was only formally abandoned in 1991.[7]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.09 square miles (5.41 km2), of which 2.02 square miles (5.23 km2) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km2) is water.[8]
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1870 | 338 | — | |
| 1880 | 754 | 123.1% | |
| 1890 | 596 | −21.0% | |
| 1900 | 603 | 1.2% | |
| 1910 | 660 | 9.5% | |
| 1920 | 774 | 17.3% | |
| 1930 | 686 | −11.4% | |
| 1940 | 762 | 11.1% | |
| 1950 | 696 | −8.7% | |
| 1960 | 855 | 22.8% | |
| 1970 | 968 | 13.2% | |
| 1980 | 1,133 | 17.0% | |
| 1990 | 1,287 | 13.6% | |
| 2000 | 1,460 | 13.4% | |
| 2010 | 1,380 | −5.5% | |
| 2020 | 1,429 | 3.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[9] | |||
As of 2000 the median income for a household in the village was $37,153, and the median income for a family was $46,369. Males had a median income of $32,917 versus $21,466 for females. The
2010 census
As of the
There were 583 households, of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.8% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.7% were non-families. 30.9% 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 2.37 and the average family size was 2.89.
The median age in the village was 36.6 years. 25% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.6% were from 25 to 44; 26.7% were from 45 to 64; and 13.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.
Education
North Central High School is renovated with a new high school in 2016 and is a public high school in Pioneer. A member of the Buckeye Border Conference, it is the only high school in the North Central Local Schools district. The school's sports teams are nicknamed the Eagles.
Pioneer has a public library, a branch of the Williams County Public Library.[11]
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pioneer, Ohio
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "County Information (Williams County, Ohio)". Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ "Williams County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
- ^ Hilton & Due: Electric Interurban Railways in America Stanford University Press 2000 p. 264.
- ^ Connelly, E: Railroad Operations Vol. 4 privately published 2002 p. 45
- ^ "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
- ^ "Hours & Locations". Williams County Public Library. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
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