Greenville, Ohio Greenville, Ohio Location in Darke County and the state of Ohio.
Location in Darke County and the state of Ohio.
Greenville is a town/city in and governmental center of county of Darke County, Ohio, United States.
Greenville is the historic locale of Fort Greeneville, which was assembled in 1793 by General Anthony Wayne's soldiers amid the Northwest Indian War.
Two years later, the Treaty of Greenville was signed at the fort on August 3, 1795, bringing an end to the Indian wars in the region and opening the Northwest Territory for settlement.
Fort Greenville was abandoned in 1796, and the town Greenville soon interval up on the site.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.66 square miles (17.25 km2), of which 6.60 square miles (17.09 km2) is territory and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) is water. Darke County Airport, seven miles away in Versailles, Ohio Greenville is home to The Great Darke County Fair which runs for nine days in August.
It also holds historic artifacts relating to Anthony Wayne and the Treaty of Greenville as well as Native American artifacts.
The exhibition also includes a village of shops; a wing of early American furnishings, pioneer life, and military uniforms; an early Indianapolis 500 race car assembled in Greenville; and an extensive genealogy room for research.
The town/city and encircling areas are served by a daily journal presented in Greenville, The Daily Advocate.
There were 6,536 housing units at an average density of 990.3 per square mile (382.4/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.7% White, 0.9% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.3% from other competitions, and 1.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,933 homeholds of which 26.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.2% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.2% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 43.4 years.
21.5% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.8% were from 25 to 44; 25.6% were from 45 to 64; and 22.5% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 6,030 housing units at an average density of 1,000.8 per square mile (386.1/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.31% White, 0.56% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.44% from other competitions, and 0.97% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,649 homeholds out of which 27.3% had kids living with them, 46.5% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 22.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $31,791, and the median income for a family was $38,699.
About 10.2% of families and 13.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 18.8% of those under age 18 and 14.6% of those age 65 or over.
Greenville - Ohio History Central - A product of the Ohio Historical Society United States Enumeration Bureau.
"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".
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