Editing Austintown, Ohio

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'''Austintown''' is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] within [[Austintown Township, Mahoning County, Ohio]], United States. The population was 29,594 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile/Austintown_CDP,_Ohio?g=1600000US3903184 |title=Austintown CDP, Ohio | publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=September 18, 2022 }}</ref> Located directly west of [[Youngstown, Ohio|Youngstown]], it is a suburb in the [[Mahoning Valley|Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area]].

==History==
[[File:Judge William Shaw Anderson House.jpg|thumb|left|[[Judge William Shaw Anderson House]]]]
[[Austintown Township, Mahoning County, Ohio|Austintown Township]] was founded in 1793 as township 2, range 3 of the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]] by purchase from the [[Connecticut Land Company]].<ref>[http://www.austintowntwp.com/General%20About%20Austintown%20Township.htm Learn about Austintown in this Official Township Site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422194932/http://www.austintowntwp.com/General%20About%20Austintown%20Township.htm |date=April 22, 2011 }}. Accessed April 2, 2011.</ref> It was surveyed as a parcel of land {{convert|5|mi|0}} on each side, as were other townships of the Connecticut Western Reserve. Austintown was named for [[Warren, Ohio|Warren]] resident and Western Reserve judge Calvin Austin.<ref name="Butler_1921">{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IRgVAAAAYAAJ&q=austintown+ohio+named+for&pg=PA575 |last=Butler |first=Joseph Green |title=History of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley, Ohio, Volume 1 |chapter=Alcorn Joseph L III 638 |page=575 |publisher=American Historical Society |year=1921 }}</ref><ref name="Austintown_Log_Cabin">{{cite web|url=http://www.mvrealstuff.com/events-3/austin-log-cabin-national-historical-landmark-7/ |title=Austin Log Cabin National Historical Landmark |publisher=Mahoning Valley REALstuff |access-date=November 7, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Pogany_2007">{{cite book|last=Pogany |first=Joyce Hunsinger |title=Austintown (Images of America) |page=12 |date=May 7, 2007 |isbn=978-0738551197 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5lnX6FWXXpQC&q=%22austin%22+%22connecticut+land+company%22+%22judge%22+%22western+reserve%22&pg=PA12 |access-date=November 7, 2012 }}</ref> In 1794, John McCollum of [[New Jersey]] became the first settler.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiogenealogyexpress.com/mahoning/mahoningco_hist_1907/mahoningco_hist_1907_p_0169_chpt_xvi_austintown.htm |title=20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio |access-date=October 27, 2022 }}</ref>

Throughout the 19th century, the township slowly grew; by 1880, coal miners and their families increased the population to 2,502. A [[USPS|post office]] called Orange was established on November 15, 1815, and its name was changed to Austintown on May 6, 1872. It ceased operation on May 15, 1917, forwarding mail to [[West Austintown, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ohio.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,3,fid,2036203,n,austintown%20post%20office.cfm |title=Austintown Post Office (historical), Mahoning County, Ohio |access-date=October 27, 2022 }}</ref> After [[World War II]], Austintown experienced a population boom as suburban spillover from [[Youngstown, Ohio|Youngstown]] crept into the eastern part of the township, whilst the central Austintown community grew along [[Ohio State Route 46]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classcreator.com/Austintown-OH-Austintown-Fitch-1962/Fitch-School-History.htm |title=Fitch School Story |access-date=October 27, 2022 }}</ref> The [[census-designated place]] of Austintown was formally established by the [[U.S. Census Bureau]] in 1980, consisting of the urban portions of the township.

==Geography==
The Austintown CDP takes up slightly less than half of the area of Austintown Township, largely on the eastern side of the township, where it abuts the western border of the city of [[Youngstown, Ohio|Youngstown]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|30.2|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|30.1|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqkm|disp=flip|2}}, or 0.29%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

[[Ohio State Route 11]] is a north–south freeway which passes through the CDP, with access from Exit 39. [[Interstate 680 (Ohio)|Interstate 680]] passes east-to-west through the northern part of the CDP but provides no access. [[Interstate 80]] passes to the north of the CDP, with access from Exit 223.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 29393
|1980= 33636
|1990= 32371
|2000= 31627
|2010= 29677
|2020= 29594
|footnote=source:<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title       = CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING (1790-2000)|publisher   = [[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date  = July 17, 2010
 }}</ref><ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3903184|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212191834/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3903184|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Austintown CDP, Ohio|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder|access-date=March 27, 2013}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 31,627 people, 13,419 households, and 8,762 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|2,709.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 14,179 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,214.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.51% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 5.09% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.59% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.43% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.21% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.83% of the population.

There were 13,419 households, out of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% 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 2.90.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 20.9% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $38,216, and the median income for a family was $47,507. Males had a median income of $36,797 versus $23,733 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $19,087. About 6.2% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.4% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.

Estimates produced by the Census Bureau's [[American Community Survey]] program revealed that, by 2007, the percentage of individuals below the poverty line had risen to 13.8%.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=Austintown+CDP&_cityTown=Austintown+CDP&_state=04000US39&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010 Austintown CDP, Ohio 2005-2007 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200210232835/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=Austintown+CDP&_cityTown=Austintown+CDP&_state=04000US39&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010 |date=February 10, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], 2008.  Accessed January 31, 2009.</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Austintown fitch 3.jpg|thumb|[[Austintown Fitch High School]]]]
Children in Austintown are served by the public Austintown Local School District, which includes one elementary school, one intermediate school, one middle school, and [[Austintown Fitch High School]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.austintownschools.org/Schools | title=Our schools | publisher=Austintown Local Schools | access-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39099_mahoning/DC20SD_C39099.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS – SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Mahoning County, OH|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=March 31, 2025}}</ref> Austintown has a public library, a branch of the [[Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.libraryvisit.org/locations-hours/ | title=Locations & Hours | publisher=Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County | access-date=February 26, 2018 | archive-date=June 12, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612094640/http://www.libraryvisit.org/locations-hours | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Kenneth Carano]], member of the [[Ohio House of Representatives]] from the 59th district
* [[Aylett R. Cotton]], member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Iowa's 2nd congressional district|Iowa's 2nd district]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000801|title=COTTON, Aylett Rains, (1826 - 1912)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= December 21, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Ron Gerberry]], member of the [[Ohio House of Representatives]] from the 59th district
* [[Irv Holdash]],  [[National Football League]] [[Center (gridiron football)|center]] and [[linebacker]]
* [[Laura Liu]], judge for the [[Illinois Appellate Court]] for the 1st District
* [[Mike McGlynn]], former National Football League [[Guard (gridiron football)|guard]]
* [[Munnycat]], indie pop duo
* [[Brian O'Nora]], [[Major League Baseball]] umpire
* [[Jasper Packard]], member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Indiana's 11th congressional district|Indiana's 11th & At-large district]]
* [[Billy Price (American football)|Billy Price]], active National Football League [[Center (gridiron football)|center]] for the [[New York Giants]]
* [[George Shuba]], Major League Baseball [[outfielder]] and [[pinch hitter]], remembered for breaking down the league color barrier by shaking hands with [[Jackie Robinson]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2007/aug/12/8216shotgun8217-george-shuba-recounts-his/?newswatch |title='Shotgun' George Shuba recounts his baseball life |access-date=March 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329140716/http://www.vindy.com/news/2007/aug/12/8216shotgun8217-george-shuba-recounts-his/?newswatch |archive-date=March 29, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Davanzo Tate]], former National Football League and [[Canadian Football League]] [[defensive back]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.austintowntwp.com Austintown Township]
* [http://www.austintown.k12.oh.us Austintown Local Schools]
* [https://archive.today/20130111100633/http://www.towncrieronline.com/ ''Town Crier'']
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110128192504/http://austintownplaza.com/ Austin Town Plaza]}}
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