Hiram, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hiram, Ohio
settlement_type = Village
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map_caption = Location of Hiram, Ohio


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Portage

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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Lou Bertrand [cite news
first = Don
last = Jovich
title = Hiram's new mayor stresses cooperation; Former councilman Bertrand takes office
url = http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/3159182
work = Record-Courier
publisher = Dix Communications
location = Kent and Ravenna, Ohio
date = 2008-01-18
accessdate = 2008-01-27 ]
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unit_pref = Imperial
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area_total_km2 = 2.4
area_land_km2 = 2.4
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 0.9
area_land_sq_mi = 0.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1242
population_density_km2 = 527.9
population_density_sq_mi = 1367.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_m = 382
elevation_ft = 1253
latd = 41 |latm = 18 |lats = 37 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 8 |longs = 46 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44234
area_code = 330
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 39-35658GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1064842GR|3
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Hiram is a village in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It was formed from portions of Hiram Township in the Connecticut Western Reserve. The population was 1,242 at the 2000 census. It is the location of Hiram College.

Hiram is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Hiram is located at coor dms|41|18|37|N|81|8|46|W|city (41.310255, -81.146145)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.4 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 1,242 people, 234 households, and 147 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,367.2 people per square mile (527.0/km²). There were 249 housing units at an average density of 274.1/sq mi (105.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 91.22% White, 5.39% African American, 1.45% Asian, 0.40% from other races, and 1.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.61% of the population.

There were 234 households out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the village the population was spread out with 13.0% under the age of 18, 58.5% from 18 to 24, 15.4% from 25 to 44, 9.4% from 45 to 64, and 3.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $45,417, and the median income for a family was $50,139. Males had a median income of $36,932 versus $25,625 for females. The per capita income for the village was $17,734. About 1.4% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Historic population figures

*1900--659
*1910--422
*1920--453
*1930--441
*1940--389
*1950--986
*1960--1,011
*1970--1,484
*1980--1,360
*1990--1,330
*2000--1,242
*2004--1,235 (U.S. Census Estimate)

People and places of note

Former U.S. President James A. Garfield resided in Hiram as a student, instructor, and principal at Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, now Hiram College. He married Lucretia Rudolph, who was a Hiram native. Several of their children were also born in Hiram, including Harry Augustus Garfield, former president of Williams College, and James Rudolph Garfield, who became the 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior under Theodore Roosevelt. Garfield's home on what is now Garfield Road in Hiram is considered by author Troy Taylor to be haunted. [cite web
url= http://www.prairieghosts.com/oh-gar.html
title= The Garfield House
accessdate= 2008-01-27
last= Taylor
first= Troy
year= 1998
work= Ghosts of the Prairie: History & Hauntings of Illinois and Beyond
publisher= Dark Haven Entertainment]

Jack Trice was born in Hiram in 1902. He left Hiram to live with an uncle in 1918. On October 6, 1923, he was fatally injured while playing in a college football game at Iowa State University against the University of Minnesota. Trice died two days later. Iowa State's football stadium was renamed Jack Trice Stadium in his honor in 1997. [Jack Trice, Papers, 1923- [ongoing] , RS 21/7/23, University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. Retrieved from http://www.lib.iastate.edu/arch/rgrp/21-7-23.html on January 27, 2008.]

Johnson Farm

John Johnson, Sr. moved his family from Vermont to Hiram in 1818, where they established the John Johnson Farm. After reading the Book of Mormon, John and his wife Elsa traveled to Kirtland to meet with Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith, Jr. The Johnsons invited Smith to live with them, and Smith made the Johnson Farm his residence and the temporary headquarters of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) in September 1831. [cite web
url= http://www.ldspro.com/ldsgetaway/docs/ft/030620hiramprint.asp
title= Hiram, Ohio
accessdate= 2008-01-28
author= Becky Cardon Smith
year= 2003
work= LDS Family Travels]

Several other apostles and notables of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints resided or were frequent guests at the Johnson Farm. Among these were John Johnson's sons, Luke and Lyman; as well as Sidney Rigdon and Orson Hyde. Section 76 of the Doctrine and Covenants was received at the Johnson Farm on February 16, 1832. The LDS Church holds that several other revelations were received at the Johnson Farm, and that Smith worked on translating the Bible here. [cite web
url= http://www.mormonhistoricsitesregistry.org/USA/ohio/hiram/johnsonFarm/history.htm
title= John Johnson Farm, Hiram, Ohio, USA
accessdate= 2008-01-28
work= Mormon Historic Sites Registry
publisher= Mormon Historic Sites Foundation]

References

External links

*http://www.hiramvillage.org/ Official Hiram Village Web Site