Castine, Ohio

Castine, Ohio
—  Village  —
Location of Castine, Ohio
Coordinates: 39°55′51″N 84°37′29″W / 39.93083°N 84.62472°W / 39.93083; -84.62472Coordinates: 39°55′51″N 84°37′29″W / 39.93083°N 84.62472°W / 39.93083; -84.62472
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Darke
Area
– Total	0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
– Land	0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	1,076 ft (328 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	129
– Density	1,700.1/sq mi (656.4/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	45304
Area code(s)	937
FIPS code	39-12504[2]
GNIS feature ID	1056774[1]

Castine ( /ˈkæstiːn/)^[3] is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 129 at the 2000 census.

History

Castine was platted in 1832 and replatted in the following year. Its location was chosen because it lay at the intersection of the road between Greenville and Eaton with the road between the communities of Miami County, Ohio and New Garden, Indiana.^[4] For its first few decades, the village (then known as "New Castine") grew and prospered, but the building of the Little Miami Railroad through West Manchester, just 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south, retarded Castine's progress. Revival came with the construction of the Cincinnati Northern Railroad in 1894.^[4]:584

Geography

Castine is located at 39°55′51″N 84°37′29″W / 39.93083°N 84.62472°W / 39.93083; -84.62472 (39.930963, -84.624730)^[5].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 129 people, 43 households, and 39 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,700.1 people per square mile (622.6/km²). There were 46 housing units at an average density of 606.2 per square mile (222.0/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.45% White, 0.78% African American, and 0.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.55% of the population.

There were 43 households out of which 55.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.1% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 7.0% were non-families. 7.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the village the population was spread out with 33.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 36.4% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 6.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 118.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $41,250, and the median income for a family was $42,813. Males had a median income of $35,313 versus $24,792 for females. The per capita income for the village was $11,950. There were 7.7% of families and 7.0% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.

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. ^ http://scrippsjschool.org/pronunciation/
4. ^ ^{a b} Wilson, Frazer. History of Darke County Ohio: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Vol. 1. Milford: Hobart, 1914, 583.
5. ^ "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.