Van Wert, Ohio Van Wert, Ohio Downtown Van Wert Downtown Van Wert Location of Van Wert, Ohio Location of Van Wert, Ohio Location of Van Wert in Van Wert County Location of Van Wert in Van Wert County County Van Wert Van Wert is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is positioned in northwestern Ohio.
It is the principal town/city of and is encompassed in the Van Wert Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is encompassed in the Lima-Van Wert-Wapakoneta, Ohio Combined Statistical Area.
Van Wert is titled for Isaac Van Wart, one of the captors of Major John Andre in the American Revolutionary War. A center of peony cultivation, Van Wert has hosted the annual Van Wert Peony Festival on and off since 1902.
Van Wert is home to the first county library in the United States, the Brumback Library.
It also has a grow community art center the Wassenburg Art Center and the award-winning Van Wert Civic Theatre.
Van Wert was surveyed in 1824 by Captain James Riley, who was contracted by the government to survey lands purchased from Native Americans under a treaty in 1818. Van Wert was the place of birth of aviation pioneer Walter Hinton and the famous baritone Charles W.
At one point, Van Wert was the only place in the world producing Liederkranz cheese.
The citizens of Van Wert (400 of which called themselves "Cheesemakers") contributed to the town of Vimoutiers, Orne, Lower Normandy, France with help in the costs of ongoing standard and reparation of the town after it was mistakenly bombed by the US Air Force amid World War II.
Van Wert's emergency warning fitness is credited with saving many lives after a several cars were thrown into a movie theatre that had been packed with citizens just minutes earlier.
Van Wert is positioned at 40 52 4 N 84 35 0 W (40.867863, -84.583461). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.61 square miles (19.71 km2), of which 7.33 square miles (18.98 km2) is territory and 0.28 square miles (0.73 km2) is water. Van Wert County Courthouse (built 1874-1876) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
There were 4,536 homeholds of which 29.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were married couples living together, 12.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 38.0% were non-families.
There were 4,556 homeholds out of which 29.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 50.1% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
Van Wert City Schools enrolls 2,027 students in enhance major and secondary schools. The precinct operates 4 enhance schools including the Early Childhood Center (Pre-school-Kindergarten), Van Wert Elementary School (1st-5th grades), Van Wert Middle School (6th-8th grades), and Van Wert High School (9th-12th grades), along with the Goedde Building as the Central Administrative Offices.
Van Wert High School sports participate in the Western Buckeye League, an athletic body sanctioned by the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA).
Van Wert recently assembled a new high school and middle school complex in 2007, and just opened a new elementary school next to the high school and middle school complex so all students are now in one area.
Along with the new high school/middle school complex, a new performing arts center was built, The Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio, thanks to the t of Van Wert High School Alumnus, Scott Niswonger.
Every year since 2005, Van Wert Middle School has received the "National Schools to Watch" award.
Newspaper article, "Van Wert Centennial", Ohio.
"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".
"Van Wert City School District Profile".
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica article Van Wert.
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