Hiram, Ohio

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Hiram, Ohio

Hiram is a village

Village (United States)

In the United States, a village is a term, sometimes informal, for a type of administrative division at the local government in the United States level....
in Portage County

Portage County, Ohio

Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2000, the population was 152,061. Its county seat is Ravenna, Ohio. Portage County is List of Ohio county name etymologies for the portage between the Cuyahoga River and Tuscarawas River Rivers....
, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
, United States

United States

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. It was formed from portions of Hiram Township

Hiram Township, Portage County, Ohio

Hiram Township is one of the eighteen civil township of Portage County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 2,296 people in the township....
in the Connecticut Western Reserve

Connecticut Western Reserve

The Connecticut Western Reserve was land claimed by Connecticut in the Northwest Territory in what is now Northeast Ohio....
. The population was 1,242 at the 2000 census. It is the location of Hiram College

Hiram College

Hiram College is a private Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Hiram, Ohio.Founded by Amos Sutton Hayden of the Disciples of Christ Church in 1850 as the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, the school was rechartered under the current name in 1867....
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Hiram is part of the Akron

Akron, Ohio

Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio. In 2007, its population was estimated to be 207,934. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland, Ohio to the north and Canton, Ohio to the south, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
Metropolitan Statistical Area

Akron metropolitan area

The Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in northeastern Ohio, anchored by the city of Akron, Ohio....
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m is located at (41.310255, -81.146145).

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, the village has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.4 km²), all of it land.

f the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 1,242 people, 234 households, and 147 families residing in the village.

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Hiram is a village

Village (United States)

In the United States, a village is a term, sometimes informal, for a type of administrative division at the local government in the United States level....
in Portage County

Portage County, Ohio

Ohio

United States

Hiram Township, Portage County, Ohio

Connecticut Western Reserve

Hiram College

Akron, Ohio

Akron metropolitan area

The Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in northeastern Ohio, anchored by the city of Akron, Ohio....
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Geography

Hiram is located at (41.310255, -81.146145).

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

Demographics

As of the census

Census

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
was 1,367.2 people per square mile (527.0/km²). There were 249 housing units at an average density of 274.1/sq mi (105.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 91.22% White, 5.39% African American, 1.45% Asian, 0.40% from other races

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 1.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.61% of the population.

There were 234 households out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples

Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the village the population was spread out with 13.0% under the age of 18, 58.5% from 18 to 24, 15.4% from 25 to 44, 9.4% from 45 to 64, and 3.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $45,417, and the median income for a family was $50,139. Males had a median income of $36,932 versus $25,625 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
for the village was $17,734. About 1.4% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Historic population figures

1900--659
1910--422
1920--453
1930--441
1940--389
1950--986
1960--1,011
1970--1,484
1980--1,360
1990--1,330
2000--1,242
2004--1,235 (U.S. Census Estimate)

People and places of note

Former U.S. President James A. Garfield resided in Hiram as a student, instructor, and principal at Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, now Hiram College

Hiram College

Lucretia Garfield

Lucretia Rudolph-Garfield , wife of James A. Garfield, was First Lady of the United States in 1881....
, who was a Hiram native. Several of their children were also born in Hiram, including Harry Augustus Garfield, former president of Williams College

Williams College

Williams College is a private Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, Massachusetts.Williams was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams as a men's college, located in the Berkshires in northwestern Massachusetts, at the foot of Mount Greylock....
, and James Rudolph Garfield

James Rudolph Garfield

James Rudolph Garfield was a U.S. politician, lawyer and son of President of the United States James A. Garfield and First Lady of the United States Lucretia Garfield....
, who became the 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior

United States Secretary of the Interior

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under Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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. Garfield's home on what is now Garfield Road in Hiram is considered by author Troy Taylor to be haunted

Haunted house

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Jack Trice

Jack Trice

Johnny Trice was an African American football player from Iowa State University , who died due to injuries suffered during a college football game against the University of Minnesota on October 6, 1923....
was born in Hiram in 1902. He left Hiram to live with an uncle in 1918. On October 6, 1923, he was fatally injured while playing in a college football

College football

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game at Iowa State University

Iowa State University

The Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant university and Space grant colleges university located in Ames, Iowa, United States....
against the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public university research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States....
. Trice died two days later. Iowa State's

Iowa State Cyclones football

The Iowa State Cyclones represent Iowa State University in college football. The Cyclones competes in the northern division of the Big 12 athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I....
football stadium

Stadium

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was renamed Jack Trice Stadium

Jack Trice Stadium

Jack Trice Stadium is a stadium in Ames, Iowa. It is primarily used for college football, and is the home field of the Iowa State University Iowa State Cyclones football....
in his honor in 1997.

Johnson Farm

John Johnson, Sr. moved his family from Vermont

Vermont

Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
to Hiram in 1818, where they established the John Johnson Farm

John Johnson Farm

The farm of John Johnson in Hiram, Ohio, Ohio is a key location in the history of the Latter Day Saint movement of the Latter Day Saint movement and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....
. After reading the Book of Mormon

Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the churches of the Latter Day Saint Movement. It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr....
, John and his wife Elsa traveled to Kirtland

Kirtland, Ohio

Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,670 at the United States Census 2000. Kirtland is famous for being the early headquarters of the Latter Day Saint movement....
to meet with Latter Day Saint movement

Latter Day Saint movement

The Latter Day Saint movement is a group of Restorationism religious denominations and adherents who follow at least some of the Teachings of Joseph Smith, Jr....
founder Joseph Smith, Jr.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

Joseph Smith, Jr. was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, and an important religious and political figure during the 1830s and 1840s....
The Johnsons invited Smith to live with them, and Smith made the Johnson Farm his residence and the temporary headquarters of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) in September 1831.

Several other apostles and notables of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints resided or were frequent guests at the Johnson Farm. Among these were John Johnson's sons, Luke

Luke S. Johnson

Luke Samuel Johnson was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostle from 1835 to 1838....
and Lyman

Lyman E. Johnson

Lyman Eugene Johnson was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He broke with Joseph Smith, Jr....
; as well as Sidney Rigdon

Sidney Rigdon

Sidney Rigdon was an important figure in the early history of the Latter Day Saint movement. Rigdon's influence over the early years of the movement is considered by many historians to have been nearly as strong as that of church founder Joseph Smith Jr....
and Orson Hyde

Orson Hyde

Orson Hyde was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He was the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 to 1875 and was a Mormon missionary of the LDS Church in the United States, Europe, and the Ottoma...
. Section 76 of the Doctrine and Covenants

Doctrine and Covenants

The Doctrine and Covenants is a part of the continuous revelation scripture biblical canon of several denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement....
was received at the Johnson Farm on February 16, 1832. The LDS Church holds that several other revelations were received at the Johnson Farm, and that Smith worked on translating the Bible

Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
here.

External links

Official Hiram Village Web Site