Carthage, Cincinnati

Carthage
Neighborhood of Cincinnati
Carthage (red) within Cincinnati, Ohio
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Hamilton
City	Cincinnati
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,781

Carthage is one of the 52 neighborhoods of Cincinnati, Ohio. Established in 1791 or 1792 and annexed in 1911, it is located in the northern part of the city's Mill Creek valley. The neighborhood is predominately residential, and is center of the city's Hispanic community. It shares a border with Elmwood Place, Ohio, which, with adjacent St. Bernard, Ohio, forms an enclave in the middle of Cincinnati. ^[1] The population was 2,781 at the 2020 census. ^[2]

History

This area was first settled in 1791 or 1792, when Capt. Jacob White, from Redstone (Brownsville), Pennsylvania settled and founded White's Station^{[ citation needed ]} in the extreme southeastern section of Springfield Township. White's Station, a small log blockhouse, was attacked by a party of Native Americans on the 19th of October, 1793.

Carthage had 148 inhabitants in the 1830 United States census. ^[3]

Carthage was incorporated ^[4] as a village in 1868 and then annexed ^[5] into Cincinnati in 1911.

Carthage began to experience significant Hispanic migration in the 1990s, resulting in the creation of a Hispanic community around the business district along Vine Street. ^[6]

Demographics

As of the census of 2020, there were 2,781 people living in the neighborhood. There were 1,187 housing units. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 39.1% White, 25.0% Black or African American, 1.0% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 24.2% from some other race, and 9.0% from two or more races. 31.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. ^[2]

There were 1,040 households, out of which 68.5% were families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals. ^[2]

32.8% of the neighborhood's population were under the age of 18, 55.5% were 18 to 64, and 11.7% were 65 years of age or older. 49.6% of the population were male and 50.4% were female. ^[2]

According to the U.S. Census American Community Survey, for the period 2016-2020 the estimated median annual income for a household in the neighborhood was $37,389. About 18.4% of family households were living below the poverty line. About 11.6% had a bachelor's degree or higher. ^[2]

References

1. Program, U.S. Writers (1943). Cincinnati: A Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors. Wiesen-Hart Press. p. 409.
2. "Carthage 2020 Statistical Neighborhood Approximation" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
3. Kilbourn, John (1833). The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright. pp.  119 . Retrieved 12 December 2013.
4. Nelson, S. B. (1894). History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio: Their Past and Present, Including...biographies and Portraits of Pioneers and Representative Citizens, etc., Volume 1. p. 420. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
5. Clarke, S. J. (1912). Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912, Volume 2. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 528. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
6. Curnutte, Mark (12 December 2018). "'This is our home.' Old buildings cloud future for growing Latino Catholic church in Cincy". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

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