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Circleville, Ohio — City — Circleville's Main Street
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Coordinates: 39°36′11″N 82°56′21″W / 39.60306°N 82.93917°WCoordinates: 39°36′11″N 82°56′21″W / 39.60306°N 82.93917°W Country United States State Ohio County Pickaway Government – Mayor Chuck Taylor Area – Total 6.7 sq mi (17.4 km2) – Land 6.6 sq mi (17.1 km2) – Water 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) Elevation[1] 696 ft (212 m) Population (2000) – Total 13,485 – Density 2,037.2/sq mi (786.6/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) ZIP code 43113 Area code(s) 740 - 420 FIPS code 39-15070[2] GNIS feature ID 1056803[1] Website http://ci.circleville.oh.us/ 
Circleville Pumpkin Water Tower
Circleville is a city in and the county seat of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States,[3] along the Scioto River. The population was 13,485 at the 2000 census.
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History
The Delaware Indians were pushed west from Pennsyvania by the coming of the English-lead settlers to that state. They were given permission by the Wyandot to settle in the Ohio country, and one of their settlements was Maguck, built by 1750 in the area of modern Circleville.[4]
Noted frontier explorer Christopher Gist was the first recorded European visitor to the Circleville area. Gist reached "Maguck," a small town of about 10 families on the east bank of the Scioto River and the south side of Circleville, on January 20, 1751, and remained in the town until January 24.[5]
Circleville was founded in 1810. It derived its name from the circular portion of a large Hopewell culture earthwork upon which it was built. The original town plan integrated Circleville into the preexisting land with a street layout of concentric circles. An octagonal courthouse stood directly in the center.[6]
Dissatisfaction rose with Circleville's layout, however, and in 1837, the Ohio General Assembly authorized the "Circleville Squaring Company" to convert it into a square. By 1856, this had been completed in several phases.[6] No remaining traces of the original earthworks remain, though a few old buildings retain curved walls that were part of the original circular layout.[citation needed]
On October 13, 1999, an F-3 tornado hit the city. A squall line moving through the region spawned several tornadoes in the county, including the F-3 that hit town. The tornado touched down on the north side of town doing substantial damage to a barber shop and a masonry building. A furniture store was also damaged with a hole in its roof where it was reported that items from inside the store were sucked out.[7] Damage to nearby buildings also occurred as the tornado moved east across the north-central part of town.
The tornado then moved into a residential area in the Northwood Park neighborhood where several homes along Fairlawn Drive were destroyed. Heavy damage to trees and vehicles also occurred in this area. The tornado would lift as it crossed Edgewood Drive, but snapped the tops of some nearby trees as it lifted and moved on.
Geography
Circleville is located at 39°36′11″N 82°56′21″W / 39.60306°N 82.93917°W (39.602990, -82.939272)[8].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.7 square miles (17 km2), of which, 6.6 square miles (17 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (1.78%) is water.
Calamus Swamp is a 19 acre public reserve located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the town.
Demographics
Historical populations Census Pop. %± 1850 3,411 — 1860 4,383 28.5% 1870 5,407 23.4% 1880 6,046 11.8% 1890 6,556 8.4% 1900 6,991 6.6% 1910 6,744 −3.5% 1920 7,049 4.5% 1930 7,369 4.5% 1940 7,989 8.4% 1950 8,723 9.2% 1960 11,059 26.8% 1970 11,687 5.7% 1980 11,682 0% 1990 11,666 −0.1% 2000 13,485 15.6% Est. 2008 13,681 1.5% As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 13,485 people, 5,378 households, and 3,581 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,037.2 people per square mile (786.5/km²). There were 5,706 housing units at an average density of 862.0 per square mile (332.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.36% White, 2.54% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.27% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.82% of the population.
There were 5,378 households out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.4% were non-families. 29.0% 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 2.40 and the average family size was 2.93.
In the city the population was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $34,572, and the median income for a family was $41,943. Males had a median income of $32,342 versus $26,115 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,220. About 11.1% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.4% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over. Median home prices in the Circleville area as of 2009 were $120,147.[9]
Events
Circleville hosts the Circleville Pumpkin Show every October.
Notable residents
- Sydney Wickline - First 9 yr. old to pitch 4 strike outs in a CGSL game.
- Tyler Evans - Won the Division II National Basketball Championship for The University of Findlay with a 3-point buzzer beater on March 28th, 2009.
- Caleb Atwater - known as the “Father of Ohio’s Public School System”
- Tony Laubach - Storm Chaser and Meteorologist who has been featured on the National Geographic Channel and as one of the featured Meteorologists with the TWISTEX team on Discovery Channel's "Storm Chasers"; his severe weather videos have been featured regularly on national television networks such as The Weather Channel, CNN, and ABC as well as local news stations across the country.
- Ted Lewis - Vaudeville performer and one of the preeminent bandleaders during the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression. There is a Ted Lewis Museum in the city, as well as a local park that bears his name
- Pat Colangeli - ABC News person of the week.
- TJ Wilkinson - Appeared in Frontier: Decisive Battles - The Battle of Fallen Timbers which aired on the History Channel.
- Conchata Ferrell - Emmy nominated Actress, most well known for the role of Berta on the popular CBS sitcom Two And A Half Men.
- The Circleville Writer - an unidentified letter writer that terrorized the town of Circleville with letters threatening people's lives and making fake allegations. He/she is wanted for attempted murder and a person named Paul Freshour was arrested and convicted of the crimes. However, he was eventually released, but the identity of the writer is still unknown. The story was shown on Unsolved Mysteries.
- John Maxwell - New York Times bestselling author and leadership speaker.
In popular culture
In "Storm Chasers" on the Discovery Channel, Storm Chaser & Meteorologist Tony Laubach, formerly a Circleville resident, wore the colors of his former high school, Circleville High School. He is heavily featured in season 4 wearing Circleville Tigers apparel.
The city of Circleville, and most notably Green's Heritage Museum in nearby Orient, Ohio were featured on an episode of the History Channel's American Pickers.
The hotel that is across Ohio Street from Everts Middle School and next to the softball field was featured as the hotel where children from the A&E Network show "Psychic Kids" stayed during their visit to the Ugly Tuna in Columbus, Ohio.
A PBS Show, "History Detectives", featured a resident of Circleville named Paul Mayberry who assisted the show's host in finding information about weapons used during the nineteenth century.
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.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ R. Douglas Hurt, The Ohio Frontier: Crucible of the Old Northwest, 1720-1830 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998) p. 17
- ^ Darlington, William, Christopher Gist's Journals
- ^ a b History of Circleville. City of Circleville. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
- ^ [1] NWS Wilmington Damage Survey
- ^ "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.
- ^ [2] 2009 Circleville Home Sales Report
External links
Municipalities and communities of Pickaway County, Ohio County seat: CirclevilleCity Circleville
Villages Ashville | Commercial Point | Darbyville | Harrisburg‡ | New Holland‡ | Orient | South Bloomfield | Tarlton‡ | Williamsport
Townships Circleville | Darby | Deer Creek | Harrison | Jackson | Madison | Monroe | Muhlenberg | Perry | Pickaway | Salt Creek | Scioto | Walnut | Washington | Wayne
CDP Unincorporated
communitiesFootnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Cities in Ohio
- County seats in Ohio
- Populated places in Pickaway County, Ohio
- Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area
- Populated places established in 1810
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