Preble County, Ohio

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Preble County, Ohio

Map
Location in the state of Ohio
Ohio's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	March 1, 1808^[1]^[2]
Seat	Eaton
Largest city	Eaton
Area - Total - Land - Water	426 sq mi (1,104 km²) 425 sq mi (1,100 km²) 2 sq mi (4 km²), 0.36%
Population - (2000) - Density	42,337 100/sq mi (38/km²)
Time zone	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website: www.prebco.org
Named for: Edward Preble

Preble County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 42,337. Its county seat is Eaton^[3]. It is named for Edward Preble, a naval officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War and against the Barbary Pirates.^[4]

Preble County is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Adjacent counties
- 1.2 Rivers and streams
2 Demographics
3 Government
4 Localities
5 Notable residents
6 Education
- 6.1 Public School Districts
7 References
8 External links

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 426 square miles (1,104 km²).425 square miles (1,100 km²) of it is land and 2 square miles (4 km²) of it (0.36%) is water.

Adjacent counties

Rivers and streams

Harker's Run

Demographics

Preble County Population by year^[2]
2000 42,337 1990 40,113 1980 38,223 1970 34,719 1960 32,498 1950 27,081 1940 23,329 1930 22,455 1920 23,238 1910 23,834 1900 23,713 1890 23,421 1880 24,533 1870 21,809 1860 21,820 1850 21,736 1840 19,482 1830 16,291 1820 10,237 1810 3,304

As of the census^[5] of 2000, there were 42,337 people, 16,001 households, and 12,144 families residing in the county. The population density was 100 people per square mile (38/km²). There were 17,186 housing units at an average density of 40 per square mile (16/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.47% White, 0.32% Black or African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.11% from other races, and 0.60% from two or more races. 0.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 16,001 households out of which 34.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.50% were married couples living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.10% were non-families. 20.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 28.70% from 25 to 44, 24.40% from 45 to 64, and 13.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,093, and the median income for a family was $47,547. Males had a median income of $35,313 versus $23,573 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,444. About 4.50% of families and 6.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.00% of those under age 18 and 6.10% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Main article: Ohio county government

Localities

Map of Preble County, Ohio With Municipal and Township Labels

Municipalities

Townships

Other locality

Fairhaven

Notable residents

Benjamin Hanby wrote the Christmas carol "Up On The Housetop" while living in Preble County
Andrew L. Harris (1835-1915), Civil War General and Governor of Ohio
William Stephens (1859-1944) Governor of California was born here
Kent Vosler, Olympic Diver (1976, 4th place)

Education

Public School Districts

College Corner Local School District
Eaton Community Schools
- Eaton High School, Eaton (the Eagles)
National Trail Local School District
- National Trail High School, New Paris (the Blazers)
Preble Shawnee Local School District
- Preble Shawnee High School, Camden (the Arrows)
Tri-County North Local School District
- Tri-County North High School, Lewisburg (the Panthers)
Twin Valley Community Local School District
- Twin Valley South High School, West Alexandria (the Panthers)

References

^ "Welcome to the Preble County Commissioners' Website: History". Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
^ ^a ^b "Ohio County Profiles: Preble County" (PDF). Ohio Department of Development. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ "Preble County data". Ohio State University Extension Data Center. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

External links

Preble County Commissioners

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Preble County, Ohio

County seat: Eaton

City	Eaton

Villages	College Corner \| Camden \| Eldorado \| Gratis \| Lewisburg \| New Paris \| Verona \| West Alexandria \| West Elkton \| West Manchester

Townships	Dixon \| Gasper \| Gratis \| Harrison \| Israel \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Lanier \| Monroe \| Somers \| Twin \| Washington

Unincorporated community	Fairhaven