Pomeroy, Ohio
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Pomeroy is a village in and the county seat
County seat
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 of Meigs County
Meigs County, Ohio
Meigs County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,770. Its county seat is Pomeroy, and it is named for Return J. Meigs, Jr., the 4th Governor of Ohio.-Geography:...

, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
United States
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, along the Ohio River
Ohio River
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. The population was 1,966 at the 2000 census. During the late 19th century, Pomeroy was an important producer of coal and salt. The first coal barges on the Ohio River were loaded there.

Geography

Pomeroy is located at 39°1′41"N 82°1′55"W (39.028192, -82.031866).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km²), of which, 3.2 square miles (8.3 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) of it (1.52%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 1,966 people, 835 households, and 516 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
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 was 607.5 people per square mile (234.3/km2). There were 1,041 housing units at an average density of 321.7 per square mile (124.1/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 94.91% White, 2.14% African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.10% from other races
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, and 2.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.25% of the population.

There were 835 households out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.3% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 17.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.1% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the village the population was spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 78.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $19,971, and the median income for a family was $22,406. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $20,093 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the village was $11,305. About 35.4% of families and 39.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 61.8% of those under age 18 and 18.7% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Public education in the village of Pomeroy is provided by the Meigs Local School District
Meigs Local School District
The Meigs Local School District is a public school district based in Pomeroy, Ohio, United States.The school district includes all of Rutland Salem, Salisbury, Scipio as well as most of Bedford Township, and a very small portion of Chester Township....

. Campuses serving the village include Meigs Primary School (Grades K-2), Meigs Intermediate School (Grades 3-5), Meigs Middle School (Grades 6-8), and Meigs High School
Meigs High School
Meigs High School is a public high school in Pomeroy, Ohio, United States. It is one of three high schools in the Meigs Local School District. The school mascot is the Marauders.-Athletics:...

 (Grades 9-12).

Notable natives and residents

  • Mike Bartrum
    Mike Bartrum
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    , an NFL long snapper
    Long snapper
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    /tight end
    Tight end
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  • James Edwin Campbell
    James Edwin Campbell (poet)
    James Edwin Campbell was an African American poet, editor, short story writer and educator. He was born in 1867 in Pomeroy, Ohio, and died there in 1896....

    , a poet
    Poet
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    , writer
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     and educator
  • Norman "Kid" Elberfeld
    Kid Elberfeld
    Norman Arthur "Kid" Elberfeld , nicknamed "The Tabasco Kid," was a shortstop in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies , Cincinnati Reds , Detroit Tigers , New York Highlanders , Washington Senators , and Brooklyn Robins...

    , a Major League Baseball
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     shortstop
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     and manager
  • Samuel Dana Horton
    Samuel Dana Horton
    Samuel Dana Horton , American writer on bimetallism, was born in Pomeroy, Ohio.He graduated at Harvard in 1864, and at the Harvard Law School in 1868, studied Roman law in Berlin in 1869, and in 1871 was admitted to the Ohio bar...

    , a bimetallism
    Bimetallism
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     writer
  • Valentine B. Horton
    Valentine B. Horton
    Valentine Baxter Horton was a U.S. Representative from Ohio during the first two years of the American Civil War.-Biography:...

    , U.S. Representative during the first two years of the American Civil War
    American Civil War
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  • Reverend Fr. John Joseph Jessing
    Joseph Jessing
    John Joseph Jessing a German-American immigrant, who became a Catholic priest in the United States, and was a pioneer in Catholic orphanage work and Catholic education...

    , founder of the Pontifical College Josephinum
    Pontifical College Josephinum
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     in Columbus, Ohio
    Columbus, Ohio
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  • Benny Kauff
    Benny Kauff
    Benjamin Michael Kauff was a professional baseball player, who played centerfield and batted and threw left-handed. Kauff was known as the “Ty Cobb of the Feds.” He is the only player to be permanently banned from baseball for reasons other than gambling...

    , Major League Baseball player
  • Art Lewis
    Art Lewis
    Arthur Everett "Pappy" Lewis was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a lineman at Ohio University from 1932 to 1935 and then in the National Football League with the New York Giants in 1936 and the Cleveland Rams from 1938 to 1939...

    , an NFL player and coach
  • Cy Morgan
    Cy Morgan
    Harry Richard Morgan born in Pomeroy, Ohio was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns , Boston Red Sox , Philadelphia Athletics , and Cincinnati Reds ....

    , a Major League Baseball
    Major League Baseball
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     pitcher
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  • Tobias A. Plants
    Tobias A. Plants
    Tobias Avery Plants was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born at Sewickley, Pennsylvania, Plants apprenticed to a saddler at the age of twelve.He received a limited common school education....

    , U.S. Representative, and publisher of Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph
  • Livia Simpson Poffenbarger
    Livia Simpson Poffenbarger
    Olivia Nye Simpson Poffenbarger was a newspaper owner/editor, historian, social activist, civic leader, and Republican politician in West Virginia. Her family moved to Point Pleasant, West Virginia when she was a young girl...

    , newspaper owner/editor, civic leader
  • Charlie Slack
    Charlie Slack
    Charles E. "Charlie" Slack is an American former college basketball standout from the Marshall University. He holds the National Collegiate Athletic Association  Division I record for the highest single-season rebound average when he grabbed 25.6 rpg in 1954–55.Considered the greatest...

    , NCAA basketball record holder for single season rebounding average

Trivia

  • Due to its extremely hilly topography
    Topography
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    , Pomeroy may be the only community of its size in the United States of America that is mentioned twice in Ripley's Believe It or Not!
    Ripley's Believe It or Not!
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    . One mention is of the three-story Meigs County Courthouse in downtown Pomeroy, which is the only one in America that has a ground-level entrance on every floor. Pomeroy is also recognized for being the only community in the country that does not have a single four-way intersection.

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