Fremont, Ohio Fremont, Ohio Downtown Fremont, Ohio on South Front Street.
Downtown Fremont, Ohio on South Front Street.
Location of Fremont, Ohio Location of Fremont, Ohio Location of Fremont in Sandusky County Location of Fremont in Sandusky County Fremont is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States, positioned about 40 miles from Toledo. The populace was 16,734 at the 2010 census.
Hayes Presidential Center remains one of the focal points of Fremont, OH.
The National Arbor Day Foundation designated Fremont as a Tree City USA. 5.3 Historic downtown Fremont The region which is now Fremont was originally a Wyandot village.
In 1787 the United States established the Northwest Territory, and in 1803 the southeastern portion of the Territory was admitted to the Union as part of the new state of Ohio.
During the early and mid 1800s a several Europeans and African Americans, dominantly runaway slaves, settled in the area, which became known as Lower Sandusky for its locale on the Sandusky River.
Under the terms of Ohio's admission, Lower Sandusky was defined as Indian Territory, so the non-Wyandot settlements were in direct violation of the Treaty of Greeneville; at one point the United States Army considered removing the pioneer by force, but did not carry out the threat. Fort Stephenson was assembled there amid the War of 1812, and the Battle of Fort Stephenson was fought there in August 1813. In 1821 Lower Sandusky became the governmental center of county of Sandusky County.
In 1849 the inhabitants changed the name of Lower Sandusky to Fremont, with respect to John C.
Hayes moved into a family home in Fremont called Spiegel Grove.
Fremont is positioned at 41 20 56 N 83 7 2 W (41.348909, -83.117123), along the Sandusky River.
The town/city has a total region of 8.57 square miles (22.20 km2), of which 8.35 square miles (21.63 km2) is territory and 0.22 square miles (0.57 km2) is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 80.7% White, 8.3% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 5.3% from other competitions, and 5.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 6,745 homeholds of which 34.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 37.1% were married couples living together, 18.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 38.3% were non-families.
27.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.7% were from 25 to 44; 24.7% were from 45 to 64; and 13.9% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 82.24% White, 8.29% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 5.85% from other competitions, and 3.19% from two or more competitions.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 27.6% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 9.8% of families and 12.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 16.8% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.
June 16, 2012: Farmer's Market and the Fremont Federal Credit Union Car Show August 4, 2012: Farmer's Market and the Fremont Athletic Supply Front Street Relay! Downtown Fremont is positioned next to the Sandusky River on Front Street.
Downtown Fremont, although it has been through many economic ups and downs has been the center point of the town/city for many years.
Fremont Municipal Building in downtown Fremont.
Sandusky County Courthouse in Fremont.
Fremont City School District enrolls 4,198 students in enhance major and secondary schools. The precinct administers seven elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, Fremont Ross.
The town/city is home to one private Catholic high school, SJCC, and Temple Christian Academy directed by Fremont Baptist Temple (www.tcafremont.org),and to Terra Community College.
The route marker for City Route 53, originally State Route 53 Two long-distance US routes run through Fremont, U.S.
State Routes 12, 19, 53 and 412 also pass through or terminate in the Fremont area.
None of these routes actually pass through Fremont.
Prior to the culmination of the bypass in the late 1950s, all of these routes passed through Fremont.
The Ohio Turnpike, another long-distance east west route, passes approximately 4 miles north of the city.
Exit 91 (originally Exit 6) links the Turnpike to Fremont via State Route 53.
Sandusky County Historical Society.
"Fremont, Ohio".
The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
18th Enumeration of the United States.
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
"Fremont City School District Profile".
Fremont, Ohio at Ohio History Central Fremont, Ohio at DMOZ Downtown Fremont Website Municipalities and communities of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States
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