Washington Court House, Ohio "Washington, Ohio"
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It is the governmental center of county of Fayette County and is positioned between Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio.
Until 2002, the official name of the town/city was City of Washington, but there also existed a municipality in Guernsey County, Ohio with the name Washington (now known as Old Washington).
In 2002, a new charter was adopted, officially changing the name to the "City of Washington Court House." The name is often abbreviated as "Washington C.H." The town/city has always been titled the City of Washington Court House, but for small-town government they went by the City of Washington for contracting and governmental purposes.
Washington Court House's first pioneer appear to have been Edward Smith, Sr., and his family, who emigrated from Pennsylvania in 1810.
Smith's descendents remained prominent in Fayette County for more than a century after his arrival from Pennsylvania, although many had left Washington Court House for other parts of the county. A family residence still stands on U.S.
In 1833, Washington Court House (then known as Washington) contained a printing office, seven stores, two taverns, two food, a schoolhouse, a meeting home, and about 70 residentiary homes. Downtown, the courthouse square has been titled a historic district, and a similar designation has been accorded the town/city cemetery.
Nine individual buildings are separately listed on the Register: Judy Chapel at the cemetery, the former Washington School, the Fayette County Courthouse, the former William Burnett House (no longer standing), and the Barney Kelley, Jacob Light, Rawlings-Brownell, Robinson-Pavey, and Morris Sharp Houses. Ohio Historical Marker on the front lawn of the Fayette County Courthouse On October 16, 1894, a crowd gathered outside the Fayette County Court House with intent to lynch convicted rapist William "Jasper" Dolby.
Lynching cannot be tolerated in Ohio." The court home doors were not repaired or replaced and the bullet holes from the 1894 brawl are still present in the South (SE) doors.
Washington Court House is positioned at 39 32 11 N 83 26 8 W, along Paint Creek.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.80 square miles (22.79 km2), of which 8.74 square miles (22.64 km2) is territory and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) is water. There were 6,433 housing units at an average density of 736.0 per square mile (284.2/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 93.5% White, 2.7% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.6% from other competitions, and 2.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,762 homeholds of which 32.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 40.7% were married couples living together, 16.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.0% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 38.4 years.
There were 5,961 housing units at an average density of 357.4/km (926.0/mi ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.52% White, 2.71% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.82% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.66% from other competitions, and 1.12% from two or more competitions.
In the town/city the age distribution of the populace shows 25.0% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $33,003, and the median income for a family was $40,721.
Washington Court House is part of the Columbus, Ohio media market, and thus is served by a several Columbus-area tv and airways broadcasts. The town/city has one small-town airways broadcast, Buckeye Country 105.5 FM (WCHO-FM).
Washington Court House also easily receives radio and tv stations from Dayton and Cincinnati.
The hometown journal of Washington Court House is the Record Herald.
Aerial view of Washington Court House Fayette County Airport is a county-owned general aviation facility that is positioned northeast of Washington Court House.
Washington High School (Washington Court House, Ohio) Education in Washington Court House Johnson, Computer Resources Manager, City of Washington Court House, Ohio, email dated 17 November 2014 History of Fayette County, Ohio: Her People, Industries, and Institutions.
History of Fayette County, Together With Historic Notes on the Northwest, and the State of Ohio.
Fayette County Comprehensive Use Strategy Plan, Fayette County, 2006, 13.
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
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