Everything about Bucyrus Ohio totally explained
Bucyrus is a city in the
U.S. state of
Ohio and the
county seat of
Crawford County, located in northern Ohio approximately 28 miles (45 km) west of
Mansfield. The population was 13,224 at the
2000 census. The city is the largest in Crawford County, and the center of the Bucyrus
Micropolitan Statistical Area (as defined by the
United States Census Bureau in
2003). According to James Croneis, former Editor of the Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum, the name "Bucyrus" was derived from “Beautiful” and “
Cyrus the Great", King of
Persia by Col. James Kilbourne, who platted the community, making it the first community in the United States to use the name.
Bucyrus is home to the
Bucyrus Bratwurst Festival, which attracts 100,000 attendees during the third weekend annually in August. Industries located in Bucyrus include
tapered roller bearings, rubber hoses,
fluorescent lighting and high-performance fiberglass power boats. Bucyrus is also the home of D. Picking and Company
(External Link
), a family operated manufacturer of
copper kettles and
timpani drums, employing the same techniques since its establishment in the 1874 by its founder Daniel Picking.
The
Lincoln Highway, later US Route 30, was routed through the city along Mansfield Street in
1913; in 1971 a modern limited access bypass was built to the north but the associated freeway links to the east and west of Bucyrus, replacing the old two-lane Lincoln Highway route, were not completed until 2005, nearly 35 years after they were first proposed.
On
March 10,
2007, Bucyrus was featured as the town of the week on the nationally-syndicated
Public Radio International program,
Whad'Ya Know?.
Geography
Bucyrus is located at (40.806014, -82.973169), along the
Sandusky River.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.3
square miles (18.9
km²), of which, 7.3 square miles (18.9 km²) of it's land and 0.14% is water.
Education
Most of Bucyrus is served by the
Bucyrus City School District, which currently includes three elementary schools, two middle schools and
Bucyrus High School (9-12), but will consolidate into one junior/senior high and one elementary school after current reconstruction is completed. The western edges of the city limits are served by the
Wynford Local School District located just west of the city, and the far eastern portion of the city is in the
Colonel Crawford Local School District, headquartered in nearby
North Robinson.
Bucyrus proper has no postsecondary educational institutions.
Community colleges and regional four-year campuses of The
Ohio State University serving Bucyrus commuters exist in nearby
Mansfield and
Marion, while two private universities in nearby
Tiffin also enroll many Bucyrians.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 13,224 people, 5,559 households, and 3,552 families residing in the city. The
population density was 1,812.0 people per square mile (699.4/km²). There were 5,955 housing units at an average density of 816.0/sq mi (315.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.38%
White, 0.78%
African American, 0.27%
Native American, 0.51%
Asian, 0.02%
Pacific Islander, 0.26% from
other races, and 0.78% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.98% of the population.
There were 5,559 households out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.6% were
married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.1% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.90.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.3% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $32,394, and the median income for a family was $40,120. Males had a median income of $31,743 versus $20,795 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $17,027. About 8.9% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 15.6% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over.
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