- Montgomery, Ohio
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Montgomery, Ohio — City — Downtown Montgomery
Location of Montgomery, Ohio
Coordinates: 39°14′50″N 84°20′51″W / 39.24722°N 84.3475°WCoordinates: 39°14′50″N 84°20′51″W / 39.24722°N 84.3475°W Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Government – Mayor Gerri Harbison Area – Total 5.3 sq mi (13.8 km2) – Land 5.3 sq mi (13.8 km2) – Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) Elevation[1] 801 ft (244 m) Population (2000) – Total 10,163 – Density 1,908.7/sq mi (736.9/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) ZIP code 45242 Area code(s) 513 FIPS code 39-51716[2] GNIS feature ID 1065047[1] Website http://www.ci.montgomery.oh.us/ Montgomery is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States settled in 1796. The town was a coach stop on the Cincinnati-Zanesville Road, later known as the Montgomery Pike with an Inn, two taverns, a grist mill and a carding mill to process its agricultural products. It would remain a rather sleepy hamlet until the 1960s when it would become an affluent bedroom community for people working in the City of Cincinnati.[3] To this day it retains its historic downtown with many other 19th century houses scattered throughout the community. It is currently accessed from exit 15 off Interstate 71, exit 50 off Interstate 275 and is the eastern terminus of the Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway about five miles northeast of the Cincinnati city line. The population was 10,163 at the 2000 census.
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Geography
Montgomery is located at 39°14′50″N 84°20′51″W / 39.24722°N 84.3475°W (39.247359, -84.347556).[4]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.3 square miles (14 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 10,163 people, 3,616 households, and 2,943 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,908.7 people per square mile (737.6/km²). There were 3,716 housing units at an average density of 697.9 per square mile (269.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.00% White, 1.57% African American, 0.05% Native American, 3.26% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.77% of the population.
There were 3,616 households out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.8% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.6% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.11.
In the city the population was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 22.1% from 25 to 44, 30.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 93.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $89,224, and the median income for a family was $100,158. Males had a median income of $78,881 versus $45,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $45,460. About 2.0% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.2% of those under age 18 and 1.2% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Montgomery is served by the Sycamore Community School District which has received the highest rating from the state of Ohio ten consecutive years. The city is also served by the private schools of Moeller High School for boys and Ursuline Academy for girls. Montgomery lies within the Great Oaks joint vocational school district.
Notable residents
- Kevin Youkilis - All-Star professional baseball player for the Boston Red Sox
- Jane French — singer and songwriter
- Paul Hackett — lawyer and political candidate
- Connie Pillich — Ohio state representative
- John B. Weller — Governor of California
- Tom Wilson I – creator of the comic strip Ziggy[5]
Sister cities
Montgomery has one sister city, as designated by the Sister Cities International:
References
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Montgomery, Ohio", Ohio History Central
- ^ "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.
- ^ Clark, Paul (2009-03-02). "'Ziggy' cartoonist tells of depression". The Cincinnati Enquirer (Gannett Company). http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090302/ENT/90302004/. Retrieved 2009-03-02. "Much of the book derives from journals [Tom Wilson II] kept along the way, a practice he found therapeutic. Some were recorded on audiotape during his regular travels up Interstate 71 between his home in Loveland and his business in Cleveland, a cartoon-character licensing and branding company called Character Matters."[dead link]
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Categories:- Montgomery, Ohio
- Populated places established in 1796
- Populated places in Hamilton County, Ohio
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