Geneva, Ohio
Geneva, Ohio City of Geneva Official seal of Geneva, Ohio Location of Geneva inside Ashtabula County, Ohio Location of Geneva inside Ashtabula County, Ohio Location of Geneva in Ashtabula County Location of Geneva in Ashtabula County Township(s) Geneva, Harpersfield Geneva is a town/city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States.
The region which would turn into Geneva was originally settled in 1805, and was incorporated as a town/city in 1958.
It is titled after Geneva, New York.
The region which would eventually be Geneva was first settled in 1805 by a handful of pioneer from Charlotte, New York. In 1806, pioneer from Harpersfield, New York appeared and established Harpersfield Township, which encompassed the present-day townships of Geneva, Trumbull and Hartsgrove. However, in 1816, people of Harpersfield decided to withdraw from the township and form their own township, which then became Geneva Township, titled after Geneva, New York. In 1866, the town of Geneva then became a village, and, nearly one hundred years later, in 1958, Geneva was incorporated as a city. Geneva is positioned at 41 48 0 N 80 56 45 W (41.800098, -80.945784), 45 miles (72 km) east of Cleveland and 55 miles (89 km) west of Erie, Pennsylvania.
The town/city is bordered to the north, east and west by Geneva Township and by Harpersfield Township to the south.
The Grand River flows around Geneva to the south in Harpersfield and to the west in Lake County.
The Geneva State Park is positioned to the north of the town/city (within Geneva Township).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.14 square miles (10.72 km2), all land. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.3% White, 1.7% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 1.8% from other competitions, and 1.7% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,479 homeholds of which 30.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 38.4% were non-families.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.84% White, 1.15% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.80% from other competitions, and 1.77% from two or more competitions.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
There, a full-access interchange (exit 218) intersects Route 534, which passes through Geneva and terminates north of the city.
Route 534 intersects Route 20, the longest road in the United States, in downtown Geneva.
The Geneva Area City School District provides K 12 education to students in Geneva as well as Geneva Township (including Geneva-on-the-Lake), Harpersfield Township, Trumbull Township and Austinburg Township (including Austinburg).
The precinct has three elementary schools (Geneva Platt R.
Spencer Elementary, Cork Elementary and Austinburg Elementary), one middle school (Geneva Middle School) and one high school (Geneva High School).
The elementary schools serve students in grades K 5, while the middle school and high schools serve students in grades 6 8 and 9 12 in the order given.
Geneva is home to HDT Global, an industrialized outfit that manufactures air conditioning, heating, and filtration units for heavy industry.
The Geneva Junior High will be remade and include 6th undertaking as of the school year of 2010-2011.
Spencer Elementary and Geneva Elementary are also being remade into one new school, Geneva Platt R.
The Geneva High School was also remade.
An addition to Ashtabula County's existing veiled bridges, the West Liberty Covered Bridge, purported to be the shortest veiled bridge in the United States, opened in 2011.
On April 12, 1966, more than 200 citizens attended ceremonies at Geneva High School at which it was revealed that the town/city had claimed ownership of the moon. The "Declaration of Lunar Ownership" contained 35 signatures, and was revealed simultaneously with the city's 100th anniversary. It claimed that the "physical property of the moon shall belong exclusively to the people of Geneva, Ohio," and that unfriendly acts upon the town/city would be responded to with "all human dignity and moral circumspection." The town/city also held the right to rent or lease its moon holdings via a two-thirds vote of the city's entire population, and provided for the sale of 100 deeds for 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land, each acre priced at US$100. Tammy Cochran, a nation music singer, sang "Angels in Waiting," graduated from Geneva High School in 1989 United States Enumeration Bureau.
"City of Geneva, Ohio - History".
Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census.
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Geneva Grape Jamboree, About".
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Municipalities and communities of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States Ashtabula Conneaut Geneva Andover Ashtabula Austinburg Cherry Valley Colebrook Denmark Dorset Geneva Harpersfield Hartsgrove Jefferson Kingsville Lenox Monroe Morgan New Lyme Orwell Pierpont Plymouth Richmond Rome Saybrook Sheffield Trumbull Wayne Williamsfield Windsor
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Cities in Ashtabula County, Ohio - Populated places established in 1816 - 1816 establishments in Ohio
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