Piqua, Ohio Piqua, Ohio Aerial view of Piqua Aerial view of Piqua Location of Piqua, Ohio Location of Piqua, Ohio Location of Piqua in Miami County Location of Piqua in Miami County Piqua / p kw / pik-w is a town/city in Miami County, Ohio, United States.
Piqua was one of the metros/cities that suffered harsh flooding amid the Great Dayton Flood of 1913.
(The present town/city of Piqua advanced about a mile to the southwest.) In 1752 Charles de Langlade, an Ottawa war chief of partial French Canadian descent, attacked the fort.
The Miami rebuilt Pickawillany, and Piqua later advanced near their village.
Piqua was settled as two separate communities in 1780, known as Upper Piqua and Lower Piqua.
Officially incorporated in 1807, Piqua advanced along with assembly of the Miami and Erie Canal.
The word 'Piqua' is believed to be derived from a Shawnee language phrase: Othath-He-Waugh-Pe-Qua, interpreted as "He has risen from the ashes," related to a legend of the citizens .
It became associated with the Pekowi, one of the five divisions of the Shawnee citizens , who were eventually known as the Piqua.
Shawnee has long since been incorporated into Piqua.
The Piqua High School Indians athletic squads took their mascot name from the small-town Native American history.
Rossville (since incorporated into Piqua) was an early small-town black settlement.
Piqua was home to the first municipally directed nuclear power plant, the Piqua Nuclear Generating Station.
It directed from 1962 to 1966, dominant to Piqua being nicknamed "The Atomic City." The United States Atomic Energy Commission (now US Department of Energy) bought out the contract with the City of Piqua, in order to terminate the operations early.
During this reconstructiona name brand automotive battery was produced and marketed locally as the "Piqua Atomic Power Plant." Fort Piqua Hotel is one of four sites in Piqua listed on the National Register of Historic Places The building is now known as Fort Piqua Plaza. Piqua has two Main Streets, one being north and southbound along Miami County Road 25-A (the former U.S.
36) converge in Piqua's downtown.
The remaining rail line serving Piqua is the north and southbound Baltimore and Ohio line, now directed by CSX Transportation (CSXT).
Piqua is positioned at 40 8 51 N 84 14 53 W (40.147474, -84.247968). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.89 square miles (30.79 km2), of which 11.62 square miles (30.10 km2) is territory and 0.27 square miles (0.70 km2) is water. The Great Miami River runs through Piqua.
There were 8,318 homeholds of which 32.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.9% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 6.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 34.8% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 38.1 years.
24.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.6% were from 25 to 44; 26.2% were from 45 to 64; and 14.7% were 65 years of age or older.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town/city of Piqua is the home of Hartzell Propeller, the dominant producer of small airplane propellers in the world.
Evenflo (formerly Questor Juvenile Furniture) is the dominant manufacturer of infant and toddler car seats, and has turn into one of Piqua's dominant employers and industries.
There were some 13 linseed petroleum mills in Piqua, where the flaxseed was "crushed" to extract the vegetable oil, titled linseed oil.
One of the vegetable petroleum mills in Piqua burned down in the 1890s, a common fate for wooden buildings soaked with vegetable oil.
Its owner, American Linseed Oil Company, dispatched Alfred Willard French, their Chief Engineer, from Brooklyn, New York, to organize and supervise the stone of the petroleum mill.
He met the dominant citizens of Piqua.
The French Oil Mill Machinery Company was established 25 May 1900, with French as president, to make "improved petroleum foundry machinery".
During the late 19th century and much of the 20th century, Piqua was a primary center of underwear production.
In later years it thriving adventurous types from encircling towns, and Piqua inhabitants discouraged their kids from attending.
The Piqua Coca-Cola Bottling Company, owned by the Lange family, was positioned on the downtown square at the northeast corner of Main and High streets.
The building which homed the meat packing plant was renovated in 1987 for office use by the Piqua Board of Education and a several small businesses.
Piqua's industrialized past produced a prosperity reflected in residentiary areas near downtown, which contain various large mansions and homes.
Piqua's shopping mall, Miami Valley Centre Mall, opened in 1988 and was renovated in the mid-1990s.
Miami Valley Crossing (formerly Piqua East Mall, opened in 1970) was redesigned and updated in the late 1990s as a plaza with anchor stores, Big Lots, Wal-Mart, Jo-Ann Fabrics, El Sombrero Restaurant, and The Home Depot.
According to Piqua's 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 3 Piqua City Schools 320 7 City of Piqua 223 The Piqua City School District operates two elementary schools, one middle school, a junior high school, and Piqua High School. Piqua is also home to the Upper Valley Career Center.
Piqua is also home to a several private schools, including Piqua Catholic School, the Piqua Seventh Day Adventist School, and the Nicholas School. Piqua schools compete in the Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC) North Division (Piqua, Troy, Trotwood, Vandalia, Sidney).
Piqua High School's rivals are the Trojans from Troy, Ohio, a improve about five miles (8 km) south.
The following sports are available at Piqua High School: Football, Men's/Women's Basketball, Men's/Women's Soccer, Men's/Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Bowling, Golf, Baseball, Softball, Men's/Women's Cross Country, Track and Field, Wrestling, Swimming, Cheerleading, Show Choir, and Gymnastics.
Piqua High School Show Choir "The Company" won various Grand Championships.
The Piqua High School football team was also titled the Division II state champions for the 2006 season. Piqua is home to Edison Community College.
The town/city and encircling areas are served by a daily journal based in Piqua, The Piqua Daily Call The Piqua Post, a small improve journal which is a sister printed announcement to The Sidney Post.
Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants children's book is set in Piqua.
"Piqua Public Library dedicated in renovated Fort Piqua Plaza", Piqua Daily Call, 20 October 2008 "Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
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