Pioneer, Ohio

Pioneer, Ohio
Village
Location of Pioneer, Ohio
Location of Pioneer in Williams County
Coordinates: 41°40′44″N84°33′03″W / 41.67889°N 84.55083°W / 41.67889; -84.55083
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Williams
Township	Madison
Area [1]
• Total	2.11 sq mi (5.47 km2)
• Land	2.04 sq mi (5.28 km2)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
Elevation [2]	869 ft (265 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,429
• Density	700.49/sq mi (270.51/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	43554
Area code	419
FIPS code	39-62834 [3]
GNIS feature ID	2399678 [2]
Website	http://www.villageofpioneer.com/ http://www.pioneerchamber.com/

Pioneer is a village in Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,429 at the 2020 census.

History

Pioneer was platted in 1853. ^[4] A post office has been in operation at Pioneer since 1851. ^[5]

From 1903, the village was the terminus of an electric interurban passenger railroad from Toledo called the Toledo and Western Railway, which was hoping to become a link in an electric rail service from that city to Chicago but which got no further. ^[6] The line closed to passengers in 1933 but continued freight service until 1943, from 1934 as the Pioneer and Fayette Railroad. This was only formally abandoned in 1991. ^[7]

Geography

Pioneer, OH Industrial District

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.09 square miles (5.41 km²), of which 2.02 square miles (5.23 km²) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km²) is water. ^[8]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1870	338		—
1880	754		123.1%
1890	596		−21.0%
1900	603		1.2%
1910	660		9.5%
1920	774		17.3%
1930	686		−11.4%
1940	762		11.1%
1950	696		−8.7%
1960	855		22.8%
1970	968		13.2%
1980	1,133		17.0%
1990	1,287		13.6%
2000	1,460		13.4%
2010	1,380		−5.5%
2020	1,429		3.6%
U.S. Decennial Census [9]

As of 2000 the median income for a household in the village was $37,153, and the median income for a family was $46,369. Males had a median income of $32,917 versus $21,466 for females. The per capita income for the village was $18,024. About 5.9% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census

As of the census ^[10] of 2010, there were 1,380 people, 583 households, and 375 families residing in the village. The population density was 683.2 inhabitants per square mile (263.8/km²). There were 653 housing units at an average density of 323.3 per square mile (124.8/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.3% White, 0.8% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.7% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.6% of the population.

There were 583 households, of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.8% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.7% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.89.

The median age in the village was 36.6 years. 25% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.6% were from 25 to 44; 26.7% were from 45 to 64; and 13.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.

Education

North Central High School is renovated with a new high school in 2016 and is a public high school in Pioneer. A member of the Buckeye Border Conference, it is the only high school in the North Central Local Schools district. The school's sports teams are nicknamed the Eagles.

Pioneer has a public library, a branch of the Williams County Public Library. ^[11]

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pioneer, Ohio
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. "County Information (Williams County, Ohio)". Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
5. "Williams County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
6. Hilton & Due: Electric Interurban Railways in America Stanford University Press 2000 p. 264.
7. Connelly, E: Railroad Operations Vol. 4 privately published 2002 p. 45
8. "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
9. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
10. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 6, 2013.
11. "Hours & Locations". Williams County Public Library. Retrieved March 3, 2018.

External links

• North Central Local Schools
• Chamber of commerce