Galion, Ohio Galion, Ohio Location of Galion, Ohio Location of Galion, Ohio Location of Galion in Crawford County Location of Galion in Crawford County Galion is a town/city in Crawford, Morrow, and Richland counties in the U.S.
Galion is the second-largest town/city in Crawford County after Bucyrus.
The Crawford County portion of Galion is part of the Bucyrus Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The small portion of the town/city that is positioned in Richland County is part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the portion extending into Morrow County is considered part of the Columbus Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Galion's Municipal Building on Harding Way East, which homes the City's administrative offices as well as the Police and Fire departments.
Galion was laid out in 1831. The etymology of the name Galion is uncertain. A postal service called Galion has been in operation since 1825. Galion is positioned in the southeastern corner of Crawford County at 40 43 59 N 82 47 19 W (40.733164, -82.788586). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.63 square miles (19.76 km2), of which 7.61 square miles (19.71 km2) is territory and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water. The Olentangy River begins near and runs through Galion, and then winds southward toward Columbus and eventually empties into the Scioto River.
There were 4,484 homeholds of which 30.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.7% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.6% were non-families.
There were 4,791 homeholds out of which 31.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 35.5% were non-families.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 11.9% of families and 14.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 19.6% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over.
Galion has a Mayor-Council government: it is governed by an propel town/city council and mayor The Galion City School District encompasses the entire town/city of Galion, graduating about 150 students annually.
Galion and neighboring communities are served by a semi-weekly newspaper, the Galion Inquirer. The Erie Railroad also ran through Galion and established large rail yards here, making the town/city an meaningful rail center.
Prior to the end of the 19th century, Galion became a division command posts for the line.
Galion boasted two large barns depots, the Big Four Depot on Washington Street, and the Erie Depot on South Market Street, which was privately purchased and moved to the west side of Crestline, Ohio and is used as the chief office of an auto wrecking yard.
The Big Four Depot was abandoned; however, it has since been acquired by the City of Galion and is undergoing a slow but thorough restoration.
From 1915 to 1923, Galion was on the initial route of the Lincoln Highway, America's first coast-to-coast route.
In later years, however, the northern route was improved and became US 30 North, although until approximately 1970 the route through Galion was designated as US 30 South.
State routes in Galion include 309, which joins Marion to the southwest with Ontario to the east; 598, which originates in Galion and stretches northward; 19, which heads westward toward the governmental center of county and also south toward Williamsport; 61, which goes south towards Morrow and Delaware Counties and north to Lake Erie, and 97, which goes east through Lexington.
Galion road grader The Galion brand of heavy equipment (such as road graders, road rollers, and earthmovers) was produced in Galion Iron Works, later purchased by Dresser Industries and then by Komatsu.
As of 2000, the plant in Galion directed with a reduced work force, and products produced there are no longer branded with the Galion name.
Galion was once the home of Peabody Galion, a manufacturer of sanitation equipment, primarily dump bodies, as well as front loading, side-loading and rear loading garbage trucks; rivaling the Heil Company for numbers of units sold throughout the world.
For a short time, in the early 1970s, Peabody Galion maintained a manufacturing plant in Durant, Oklahoma, known as "Peabody Galion, Durant Division".
Galion was also once home to North Electric Company, a prime supplier of telephone switching systems for government and global markets. Population Division.
History of Crawford County and Ohio.
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
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