New Philadelphia, Ohio For other locations with a similar name, see New Philadelphia .
New Philadelphia, Ohio West High Avenue in downtown New Philadelphia West High Avenue in downtown New Philadelphia Location of New Philadelphia, Ohio Location of New Philadelphia, Ohio Location of New Philadelphia in Tuscarawas County Location of New Philadelphia in Tuscarawas County New Philadelphia is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The county's biggest city, it is positioned 71 miles (114 km) south of Cleveland, 119 miles (192 km) northeast of Columbus on the Tuscarawas River, and 397 miles (639 km) west of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
New Philadelphia was established in 1804.
New Philadelphia is adjoining to the town/city of Dover, which is almost the same size.
It is one of the principal metros/cities of the New Philadelphia Dover, OH Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Tuscarawas County, and is part of the larger Cleveland Akron Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area.
The founder, John Knisely, returned to Ohio in 1804 with his family and 33 other pioneers, he also hired surveyor John Wells to plot out New Philadelphia in the same grid style as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1833, New Philadelphia contained county buildings, a printing office, a several stores, and five taverns. New Philadelphia is positioned at 40 29 22 N 81 26 50 W (40.489411, -81.447324), along the Tuscarawas River. It lies inside the ecoregion of the Western Allegheny Plateau. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.39 square miles (21.73 km2), of which 8.22 square miles (21.29 km2) is territory and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2) is water. New Philadelphia's design was based on the design of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The two chief streets in the town/city are High Avenue and Broadway, both of which were titled after two chief streets from Philadelphia, except, in Philadelphia, High Avenue was retitled Market Street in 1858, "the High Street" was the familiar name of the principal street in nearly every English town at the time Philadelphia was founded, and Broad Street is the closest street name in Philadelphia to Broadway.
The Tuscarawas County Courthouse in New Philadelphia in 2006 There were 7,909 housing units at an average density of 962.2 per square mile (371.5/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.0% White, 1.2% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 1.6% from other competitions, and 1.8% from two or more competitions.
There were 7,282 homeholds of which 27.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.6% were non-families.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.89% White, 0.97% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.49% from other competitions, and 0.93% from two or more competitions.
There were 7,338 homeholds out of which 28.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $33,235, and the median income for a family was $42,896.
About 7.7% of families and 10.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 6.2% of those age 65 or over.
Tuscora Park in New Philadelphia features a carousel, Ferris wheel, and other rides.
Around 1940, New Philadelphia purchased the Herschell-Spillman carousel secondhand.
New Philadelphia is the home of Kent State University Tuscarawas.
New Philadelphia is served by a branch of the Tuscarawas County Public Library. Victor Donahey, Ohio governor, United States senator City of New Philadelphia, OH.
Van - Fossen, Erin L., "New Philadelphia in Vintage Postcards," Arcadia Publishing, 2004, p.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
"The United States Air Force Band of Flight Concert",PDF, accessed April 15, 2011 "New Philadelphia".
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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica article New Philadelphia.
New Philadelphia travel guide from Wikivoyage Municipalities and communities of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States County seat: New Philadelphia Dover New Philadelphia Uhrichsville This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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County seats in Ohio - History of the America (North) Province of the Moravian Church - Populated places established in 1804 - Cities in Tuscarawas County, Ohio - 1804 establishments in Ohio
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