Vermilion, Ohio Vermilion, Ohio Aerial view of Vermilion, Ohio.
Aerial view of Vermilion, Ohio.
Location of Vermilion, Ohio Location of Vermilion, Ohio Location of Vermilion in Lorain County Location of Vermilion in Lorain County Vermilion river marina Vermilion is a town/city in Erie and Lorain counties in the U.S.
State of Ohio, on Lake Erie.
The Lorain County portion of Vermilion is part of the Cleveland Elyria Mentor Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Erie County portion is part of the Sandusky Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Vermilion was initially settled in the early 19th century and incorporated as a village in 1837. The town/city took its name from the close-by Vermilion River. It advanced as a fishing and small boat harbor.
In 1847 the Congress of the United States assembled the Vermilion Lighthouse to aid navigation on Lake Erie.
As commerce interval in larger close-by cities, the Vermilion River proved inadequate to large commercial traffic.
Merging with the close-by village of Vermilion-on-the-Lake in 1960, Vermilion became a city, straddling Lorain and Erie counties.
A small-town non-profit group, Friends of Harbour Town, actively promotes tourism and the historical connection to Vermilion's roots as a maritime community, using the slogan "Harbour Town 1837". Vermilion is positioned at 41 24 29 N 82 19 02 W (41.408005, -82.317254). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.8 square miles (28.0 km2), of which 10.7 square miles (27.6 km2) is territory and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km2), or 1.53%, is water. There were 4,183 homeholds of which 30.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 27.5% were non-families.
There were 4,254 homeholds out of which 32.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Vermilion was once known as the "Village of Lake Captains", with many beautifully maintained captains' homes in its historic district. The Harbour Town Historic District also features housing styles from the Victorian, Italianate, Arts and Crafts, and Queen Anne eras.
The Vermilion River endows marina facilities with more than 3,000 boat slips and ramps for easy access to the lake.
The Harbour Town 1837 Historic District is positioned in downtown Vermilion.
The Vermilion Lagoons, positioned on the east side of the Vermilion River, is considered one of the first prepared residentiary neighborhoods on the water in the country.
Sandy beaches, recreational boating, jet skis, canoeing, and sail boats adorn the Vermilion harbor, where ship building was once the primary industry.
On summer evenings, inhabitants and visitors can congregate on the large deck at Main Street Beach to watch boats sail back and forth in front of the Lake Erie sunset and watch the Mystic Belle, a small paddle wheeler, offering rides on the Vermilion River.
Vermilion is home to over a dozen parks and facilities including the Vermilion River Reservation, featuring the Bacon Woods and Mill Hollow areas on each side of the Vermilion River which runs through the reservation and directly out to Lake Erie.
The Woollybear Festival is a one-day gathering that draws over 150,000 visitors to Vermilion and includes the longest parade in the state of Ohio.
In the majority of years, the Vermilion High School Band Festival is held the evening before the Woollybear Festival.
Area high schools and the Vermilion High School Alumni Band take the field to entertain improve members before the next day's parade.
The Festival of the Fish, held each June, is a three-day event, drawing citizens from Vermilion and the neighboring communities to take part in the Queen and Princess pageant, small-town talent concerts, parade, and concessions.
The Vermilion Area Archival Society, established in 2000, collects, stores, and indexes archival materials for research from the Vermilion region and provides assistance, as well as monthly programs, regarding the history and records of the area.
The Vermilion School System provides enhance school education for region kids from ages K through 12th grade, with vocational and experienced education opportunities at EHOVE Career Center.
Lake Ridge Academy, a private undertaking school and high school in close-by North Ridgeville, offers daily school bus service for Vermilion students.
Bowling Green State University (Firelands Campus) and Lorain County Community College, both accredited schools offering four-year and advanced degrees, are positioned inside a twenty-minute drive of Vermilion.
Vermilion High School's sports squads are called the "Sailors".
Vermilion's sister town/city is Paimpol, France. a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Vermilion city, Ohio".
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Parks & Rec - Vermilion Ohio City Website".
"St Mary Catholic School - Vermilion, OH".
"Discover Vermilion "".
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