Christiansburg, Ohio

Christiansburg, Ohio
—  Village  —
Location of Christiansburg, Ohio
Coordinates: 40°3′21″N 84°1′31″W / 40.05583°N 84.02528°W / 40.05583; -84.02528Coordinates: 40°3′21″N 84°1′31″W / 40.05583°N 84.02528°W / 40.05583; -84.02528
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Champaign
Area
– Total	0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2)
– Land	0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	1,115 ft (340 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	553
– Density	2,563.3/sq mi (989.7/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	45389
Area code(s)	937
FIPS code	39-14296[2]
GNIS feature ID	1060962[1]

Christiansburg is a village in Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The population was 553 at the 2000 census.

History

An early settler to Jackson Township was Joshua Howell, the founder of Christiansburg, who came from around Christiansburg, Virginia in 1808, with his wife Mary and eight children; Joshua, John, Thomas, James, Daniel, Jermiah, Abigail, and Nancy. He located on Section 31, which is within the corporate limits of Christiansburg. He and his sons built a crude log cabin, near a large spring of water. A tract of land was cleared for food for the family. The Howells planting a fruit bearing orchard.

The Howells had a large sugar camp where they made large quantities of sugar every year to sell to the early settlers. Daniel Howell (one of the sons), had been married in Virginia; he brought his wife and family to Ohio and he entered 80 acres (320,000 m²) of land west of town by the West Fork Honey Creek, where he built a log cabin, In 1818 he built a brick house which still exists.

After nine years the younger Joshua Howell conceived the idea for a town. He created a diagram of the town, consisting of 42 lots. The town was started at his sugar camp, extended south four blocks south, and east and west three blocks. He felled the trees, dug the stumps, laid out streets and named them north to south Westville, Piqua, Urbana, Troy and Pike. From east to west Monroe, Miami (now called Main) and Dayton Streets. Three years later, there were only six log huts, and for 12 years the town grew slowly.

In 1829 William McKrea arrived from Scotland with his family and opened a store. Because of his business ability the hamlet began to grow. He erected a small building on the north east corner of Main and Second Street which was the first frame structure in the village. His stock consisted of groceries, dried meats, fruits, nails, glassware, hardware, medicine, millinery, and pewter ware.

After McCrea opened his store the population doubled, inviting other business enterprises. Among the first was a tavern across the street from the McCrea's Store, operated by Abiel Smith, who was from Maine. Other industries that started during the 1830s was a tannery, was run by William Kelley from 1832 to 1850. It was located close to the ditch that runs to the West Fork Honey Creek near the northeast corner of First and Main. John Rogers operated a wagon shop on the northwest corner of Main and Pike. Charles Rogers also had a wagon shop. In 1818 Jesse Julian had a small blacksmithing shop near the village. In 1835 to 1840 another tavern owned by David Kyle was opened. Noah French, who came from Pennsylvania, was a cabinet maker and made coffins that were needed within a radius of 50 miles (80 km) of Christiansburg.

In 1842 the village of Christiansburg changed its name to Addison and in 1915 the name of the town changed back to Christiansburg.

Geography

Christiansburg is located at 40°3′21″N 84°1′31″W / 40.05583°N 84.02528°W / 40.05583; -84.02528 (40.055737, -84.025251)^[3].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 553 people, 216 households, and 157 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,563.3 people per square mile (970.5/km²). There were 230 housing units at an average density of 1,066.1 per square mile (403.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.73% White, 0.36% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.18% from other races, and 0.18% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.18% of the population.

There were 216 households out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the village the population was spread out with 23.5% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 90.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $32,500, and the median income for a family was $38,125. Males had a median income of $31,719 versus $25,588 for females. The per capita income for the village was $16,877. About 7.1% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.

Notable natives

• Marion A. Ross, one of the Andrews Raiders and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 
4. ^ Sgt. Maj. Marion Ross, Andrews Raid, 2001. Accessed 2009-04-05.

External links

• Christiansburg Community Fire Company, Inc.