City of Wapakoneta Wapakoneta City Hall Wapakoneta City Hall Official seal of Wapakoneta, Ohio Location of Wapakoneta, Ohio Location of Wapakoneta, Ohio Location of Wapakoneta in Auglaize County Location of Wapakoneta in Auglaize County Wapakoneta, Ohio is positioned in the US Wapakoneta, Ohio - Wapakoneta, Ohio Wapakoneta (/ w p k n t / wah-pah-k -net-t ) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States.
It is the principal town/city of and is encompassed in the Wapakoneta, Ohio Micropolitan S A, which is encompassed in the Lima-Van Wert-Wapakoneta, Ohio CSA.
The improve is served by the Wapakoneta City School District.
Wapakoneta is a sister town/city to Lengerich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Wapakoneta was an meaningful site to the Ottawa Native Americans before to their leaving Ohio.
By 1798, the Shawnee Native Americans had made Wapakoneta their territory and displaced the Ottawa.
By 1808, there were reports of more than five hundred Shawnee, Seneca of the Iroquois, and Mingo Native Americans living at Wapakoneta, including Black Hoof.
The Native Americans of Wapakoneta adopted the agricultural methods that the missionaries from the Society of Friends had introduced to them.
Wapakoneta was the locale of the first sawmill and gristmill in northwest Ohio.
The Shawnee and Seneca continued to live at Wapakoneta until the United States forced them to leave in 1831, as part of Indian Removal to lands west of the Mississippi River.
In 1848, the Ohio council created Auglaize County out of parts of Mercer and Allen counties.
Early county voters chose Wapakoneta as the governmental center of county in a disputed contest with rival town Saint Marys.
Wapakoneta's 2,765 inhabitants also claimed to produce more butter churns than any other single locale in the United States amid this same time period.
Many inhabitants find employment at General Aluminum, Wapakoneta City Schools, Koneta Rubber Co.
As the place of birth of Neil Armstrong, there are a several places titled after him in Wapakoneta, such as the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum, directed by the Ohio Historical Society.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.26 square miles (16.21 km2), of which 6.21 square miles (16.08 km2) is territory and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2) is water. Wapakoneta is positioned on the Auglaize River and includes portions of Duchouquet, Pusheta, and Moulton Townships.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.1% White, 0.4% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.6% from other competitions, and 1.2% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,037 homeholds of which 32.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 35.2% were non-families.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.96% White, 0.19% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.37% from other competitions, and 0.77% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,803 homeholds out of which 33.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.4% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 8.4% of families and 8.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 11.6% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.
Wapakoneta has one sister city, as designated by the Sister Cities International: United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties" (PDF).
Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census.
Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census.
"Population: Ohio" (PDF).
"Population: Ohio" (PDF).
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
Municipalities and communities of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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Wapakoneta, Ohio - County seats in Ohio - Neil Armstrong - Populated places established in 1782 - Cities in Auglaize County, Ohio - 1782 establishments in North America
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