Willard is a city in
Huron CountyHuron County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 59,487. Its county seat is Norwalk. The Norwalk Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Huron County....
,
OhioOhio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. As of the
2000 censusThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, the city population was 6,806. Willard is served by the Willard Memorial Library.
Willard is located at (41.054649, -82.727982).
According to the
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, the city has a total area of 3.5
square mileThe square mile is an imperial and US unit of measure for an area equal to the area of a square of one statute mile.
s (9.0 km²), of which, 3.5 square miles (9.0 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.86%) is water.
To the south of Willard are located the
unincorporated communitiesIn law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city or town with its own government. Thus, an unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
of
CeleryvilleCeleryville is an unincorporated community on the boundary between the New Haven and Richmond Townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. Celeryville is located approximately one mile south of Willard, and the community relies on Willard's social services....
and
New HavenNew Haven is an unincorporated community in central New Haven Township, Huron County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44850. It lies at the intersection of U.S...
, plus the planned development of Holiday Lakes to the north.
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 6,806 people, 2,545 households, and 1,738 families residing in the city.
Willard is a city in
Huron CountyHuron County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 59,487. Its county seat is Norwalk. The Norwalk Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Huron County....
,
OhioOhio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. As of the
2000 censusThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, the city population was 6,806. Willard is served by the Willard Memorial Library.
Geography
Willard is located at (41.054649, -82.727982).
According to the
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, the city has a total area of 3.5
square mileThe square mile is an imperial and US unit of measure for an area equal to the area of a square of one statute mile.
s (9.0 km²), of which, 3.5 square miles (9.0 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.86%) is water.
To the south of Willard are located the
unincorporated communitiesIn law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality. To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city or town with its own government. Thus, an unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
of
CeleryvilleCeleryville is an unincorporated community on the boundary between the New Haven and Richmond Townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. Celeryville is located approximately one mile south of Willard, and the community relies on Willard's social services....
and
New HavenNew Haven is an unincorporated community in central New Haven Township, Huron County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44850. It lies at the intersection of U.S...
, plus the planned development of Holiday Lakes to the north.
Demographics
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 6,806 people, 2,545 households, and 1,738 families residing in the city. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 1,963.0 people per square mile (757.3/km²). There were 2,715 housing units at an average density of 783.1/sq mi (302.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 90.32% White, 1.54% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 6.11% from
other racesRace 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-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 1.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.47% of the population.
There were 2,545 households out of which 38.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.1% were
married couplesMarriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged by a variety of ways, depending on the culture or demographic...
living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.22.
In the city the population was spread out with 30.8% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 90.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $28,911, and the median income for a family was $35,271. Males had a median income of $30,377 versus $22,702 for females. The
per capita incomePer 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. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the city was $13,942. About 12.7% of families and 16.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.9% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over.
History
The original name of Willard was
Chicago Junction, named for the junction of the
Baltimore and Ohio RailroadThe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was one of the oldest railroads in the United States and the first common carrier railroad. It came into being mostly because the city of Baltimore wanted to compete with the newly constructed Erie Canal and another canal being proposed by Pennsylvania, which...
's line to
SanduskySandusky pronounced [suhn-duhs-kee, san-] is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County. The municipality is located in northern Ohio and is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, almost exactly half-way between Toledo to the west and Cleveland to the east.The population was...
(the Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark Railroad) and the branch west to
ChicagoChicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States...
(the
Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago RailroadThe Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago Railroad was a subsidiary of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad that owned the line from Willard, Ohio to Chicago, Illinois.-History:...
). Later the Akron and Chicago Junction Railroad was built east from the junction, providing a more direct route between the Northeast and Chicago. Chicago Junction was being confused by passengers for Chicago, so in 1917 the town changed its name to Willard, after the president of the B&O,
Daniel WillardDaniel Willard was a railroad executive best known as the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1910 to 1941. He served on or headed several government railroad commissions in World War I and appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1932 due to his part in negotiating wage cuts in the...
.
Economy
Several key businesses have a presence in Willard, they include: the Willard rail yard of
CSX TransportationCSX Transportation is a Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the CSX Corporation and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. It is one of the three Class I railroads serving most of the East Coast, the other two being the Norfolk Southern Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway...
, Midwest Industries, RR Donnelley,
Pepperidge FarmPepperidge Farm is a commercial bakery in the U.S. founded in 1937 by Margaret Rudkin, who named the brand after her family's property in Fairfield, Connecticut, which in turn was named for the pepperidge tree, Nyssa sylvatica...
, the Corporate Headquarters of the
East of Chicago PizzaEast of Chicago Pizza is a restaurant chain based in Lima, Ohio offering different styles of pizza along with side dishes including buffalo wings, breadsticks, and subs. They have approximately 120 restaurants in Ohio, Indiana, Vienna, WV, and Myrtle Beach, SC. The first restaurant was opened in...
Company, Drug Mart, and Wilcox.
In 1900, a 9 year old girl named Ethel Streeter owned and ran her own large dry goods store, according to the October 27, 1900 issue of Leslie's Weekly, which ran a picture of her.
Notable natives
- Charlie Frye
Charles Lester Frye is an American football quarterback for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft...
, American football quarterback of the NFL
- Sean Swarner
Sean Swarner was the recipient of the Don't Ever Give Up Award presented by the Jimmy V Foundation and ESPN in 2007. He is a two-time cancer survivor who was first diagnosed at age 13 with Hodgkin's Disease and later with Askin's sarcoma...
, first cancer survivor to complete the Seven SummitsThe Seven Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven continents. Summiting all of them is regarded as a mountaineering challenge, first postulated as such in the 1980s by Richard Bass .- Seven Summits definitions:...
. Author of Keep Climbing.
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