Editing Beaverdam, Ohio

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Beaverdam, Ohio
| settlement_type    = [[Village (United States)|Village]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = 
| image_skyline      = Beaverdam-ohio-downtown.jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = Streetside in Beaverdam
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = BeaverdamOHseal.png
| image_map          = OHMap-doton-Beaverdam.png
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Beaverdam, Ohio
| image_map1         = Map of Allen County Ohio Highlighting Beaverdam Village.png
| mapsize1           = 250px
| map_caption1       = Location of Beaverdam in Allen County
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ohio
| pushpin_label      = Beaverdam
| pushpin_map        = Ohio#USA#North America
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Ohio]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Ohio|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Allen County, Ohio|Allen]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of Ohio townships|Township]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio|Richland]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Roberta Jean Beemer{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = 
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 1.63
| area_land_km2      = 1.63
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_total_sq_mi   = 0.63
| area_land_sq_mi    = 0.63
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est     = 314
| pop_est_as_of      = 2023
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name="2023 est">{{cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Ohio: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2023-POP-39.xlsx |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=23 May 2024}}</ref>
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 319
| population_density_km2 = 195.54
| population_density_sq_mi = 506.35
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 863
| coordinates        = {{coord|40|49|58|N|83|58|26|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 45808
| area_code          = [[Area code 419|419]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 39-04752<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2398061<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2398061}}</ref>
| website            = [http://www.beaverdamoh.com www.beaverdamoh.com]
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Beaverdam''' is a [[village (United States)#Ohio|village]] in [[Richland Township, Allen County, Ohio|Richland Township]], [[Allen County, Ohio|Allen County]], [[Ohio]], United States. Its population was 319 at the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]]. Beaverdam is part of the [[Lima, Ohio]] [[Lima, Ohio metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
Beaverdam was [[plat|laid out]] in 1853.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Allen County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjcWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA535|year=1885|publisher=Warner, Beers & Company|page=535}}</ref> The village was so named on account of there being [[beaver dam]]s near the original town site.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rusler|first=William|title=A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development|url=https://archive.org/details/standardhistoryo01rusl|year=1921|publisher=American Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/standardhistoryo01rusl/page/207 207]}}</ref> A post office called Beaver Dam was established in 1850, the name was changed to Beaverdam in 1895, and the post office closed in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Allen | title=Allen County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=January 10, 2016}}</ref> The village was incorporated in 1878.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Allen County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjcWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA536|year=1885|publisher=Warner, Beers & Company|page=536}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.61|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=January 25, 2012 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 353
|1890= 397
|1900= 477
|1910= 455
|1920= 394
|1930= 360
|1940= 377
|1950= 450
|1960= 514
|1970= 525
|1980= 492
|1990= 467
|2000= 356
|2010= 382
|2020= 319
|estyear=2023
|estimate=314
|estref=<ref name="2023 est"/>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
The median income for a household in the village was $39,063, and the median income for a family was $47,188. Males had a median income of $29,375 versus $21,932 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $14,750. About 10.3% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 6, 2013}}</ref> of 2010, there were 382 people, 144 households, and 107 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|626.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 153 housing units at an average density of {{convert|250.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 96.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 2.1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.3% of the population.

There were 144 households, of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 25.7% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 2.98.

The median age in the village was 34.8 years. 24.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.7% were from 25 to 44; 27.5% were from 45 to 64; and 12.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 51.6% male and 48.4% female.

==Transportation==
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Beaverdam lies at the junction of the old [[Lincoln Highway]] and the [[Dixie Highway]]. These early highways were begun in 1914.

Currently Beaverdam's economy is dominated by three large truck stops on what is now the junction of [[Interstate 75 in Ohio|Interstate 75]] and [[U.S. Route 30]]. Beaverdam was the eastern terminus of the four lane section of US 30. This meant that vehicular traffic going east on the four lane portion of US 30 that extended from [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]] had to exit the four-lane road and shift to a two-lane road. This required exit enhanced the village's function as an area for refueling of vehicles. US 30 is now a continuous four-lane highway in this part of Ohio that bypasses Beaverdam, but the significance of the junction as a major fuel stop has not been diminished. In the summer of 2006 the exit ramps and overpass on I-75 were widened to accommodate heavy truck and car traffic to the truck stops.

==References==
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{{Allen County, Ohio}}
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[[Category:Villages in Allen County, Ohio]]
[[Category:1853 establishments in Ohio]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1853]]
[[Category:Villages in Ohio]]