Editing Bridgeport, Ohio

{{For|the unincorporated community in Union County|Bridgeport, Union County, Ohio}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
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| official_name                   = Bridgeport, Ohio
| settlement_type                 = [[Village (United States)|Village]]
| image_skyline                   = Downtown Bridgeport, Ohio.jpg
| imagesize                       = 
| image_caption                   = Downtown Bridgeport
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| nickname                        = "Gateway to the West"
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| map_caption                     = Location of Bridgeport, Ohio
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| map_caption1                    = Location of Bridgeport in Belmont County
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| subdivision_name                = United States
| subdivision_type1               = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in Ohio|County]]
| subdivision_type3               = [[List of townships in Ohio|Township]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Ohio]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Belmont County, Ohio|Belmont]]
| subdivision_name3               = [[Pease Township, Belmont County, Ohio|Pease]]
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| government_type                 = Statutory Village
| leader_title                    = Mayor
| leader_name                     = Norma Teasdale
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| unit_pref                       = Imperial
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| area_land_km2                   = 3.54
| area_land_sq_mi                 = 1.37
| area_water_km2                  = 0.03
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.01
| elevation_footnotes             = <ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
| elevation_m                     = 200
| elevation_ft                    = 656
| population_total                = 1582
| population_as_of                = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes            = 
| population_density_km2          = 447.01
| population_density_sq_mi        = 1158.13
| population_est                  = 1534
| 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=5 June 2024}}</ref>
| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 43912
| area_code                       = [[Area code 740|740]]
| website                         = 
| footnotes                       = 
| timezone                        = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset                      = -5
| timezone_DST                    = EDT
| utc_offset_DST                  = -4
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 39-08560<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name                     = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
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'''Bridgeport''' is a [[village (United States)#Ohio|village]] in eastern [[Belmont County, Ohio]], United States. It lies across the [[Ohio River]] from [[Wheeling, West Virginia]], at the mouth of [[Wheeling Creek (Ohio)|Wheeling Creek]] and is connected by two bridges to [[Wheeling Island]]. The population was 1,582 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is part of the [[Wheeling metropolitan area]].

==History==
[[File:Bridgeport and Island, Wheeling, W. Va (12660225843).jpg|thumb|left|Bridgeport and [[Wheeling Island]] in 1904]]
Bridgeport was originally known as Canton, and under the latter name was laid out in 1806 by Colonel [[Ebenezer Zane]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor01mcke | title=Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens | publisher=Biographical Publishing Company | author=McKelvey, A. T. | year=1903 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/centennialhistor01mcke/page/203 203]–204}}</ref> The present name is for a bridge constructed near the town site in the 1810s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=34|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=18}}</ref>

==Geography==
Bridgeport is located along the [[Ohio River]] at the mouth of [[Wheeling Creek (Ohio)|Wheeling Creek]].<ref>{{cite book| title= Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer |year=1991 |publisher= [[DeLorme]] |location=Yarmouth, Me. |isbn= 0-89933-233-1 |pages= 62–63}}</ref> There are two crossings into [[West Virginia]], the [[Military Order of the Purple Heart Bridge]] and a portion of the [[Fort Henry Bridge]]. Formerly, the [[Aetnaville Bridge]] and [[Bridgeport Bridge (Ohio River)|Bridgeport Bridge]] made the crossing to Wheeling Island, but the former has been closed to traffic and the latter has been demolished.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtrf.com/story/27359734/group-fighting-to-save-aetnaville-bridge-from-demolition|title = Group Fighting to Save Aetnaville Bridge from Demolition|date = November 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Long-Standing Bridgeport Bridge Razed Today |url=http://theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/559278/Long-Standing-Bridgeport-Bridge-Razed-Today.html?nav=515 |author=Betty J. Pokas |publisher=Wheeling News-Register |date=September 12, 2011 |access-date=September 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209124327/http://theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/559278/Long-Standing-Bridgeport-Bridge-Razed-Today.html?nav=515 |archive-date=December 9, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|1.38|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.37|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<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]] |access-date=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 25, 2012 }}</ref>

===Climate===
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|location = Bridgeport, Ohio
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|Jan high F = 38
|Feb high F = 42
|Mar high F = 51
|Apr high F = 63
|May high F = 73
|Jun high F = 82
|Jul high F = 85
|Aug high F = 84
|Sep high F = 77
|Oct high F = 66
|Nov high F = 54
|Dec high F = 42
|year high F= 63
|Jan low F = 21
|Feb low F = 23
|Mar low F = 31
|Apr low F = 39
|May low F = 50
|Jun low F = 59
|Jul low F = 64
|Aug low F = 63
|Sep low F = 56
|Oct low F = 43
|Nov low F = 35
|Dec low F = 27
|year low F= 43
|Jan record high F =  73
|Feb record high F =  78
|Mar record high F =  84
|Apr record high F =  90
|May record high F = 92
|Jun record high F = 98
|Jul record high F = 103
|Aug record high F = 98
|Sep record high F = 95
|Oct record high F =  88
|Nov record high F =  81
|Dec record high F =  73
|year record high F= 103
|Jan record low F = −16
|Feb record low F =  −3
|Mar record low F = 5
|Apr record low F =  20
|May record low F =  33
|Jun record low F =  41
|Jul record low F =  49
|Aug record low F =  50
|Sep record low F = 37
|Oct record low F =  26
|Nov record low F =  15
|Dec record low F = −10
|year record low F= −16
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|Jan precipitation inch = 2.71
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.53
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.46
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.02
|May precipitation inch = 4.35
|Jun precipitation inch =  3.82
|Jul precipitation inch =  4.92
|Aug precipitation inch =  3.59
|Sep precipitation inch =  3.31
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.16
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.32
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.15
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|Feb snow inch =  4.2
|Mar snow inch =  3.8
|Apr snow inch =   1.6
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|Sep snow inch =   0
|Oct snow inch =   0.1
|Nov snow inch =  0.9
|Dec snow inch = 3.4
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1830= 169
|1840= 329
|1860= 641
|1870= 1178
|1880= 2395
|1890= 3369
|1900= 3963
|1910= 3974
|1920= 3977
|1930= 4655
|1940= 4853
|1950= 4309
|1960= 3824
|1970= 3001
|1980= 2642
|1990= 2318
|2000= 2186
|2010= 1831
|2020= 1582
|estyear=2023
|estimate=1534
|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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,186 people, 973 households, and 586 families living in the village. The population density was {{convert|1,569.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,090 housing units at an average density of {{convert|782.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 90.81% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.55% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.14% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.55% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.82% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.50% of the population.

There were 973 households, out of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.7% were non-families. 36.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 23.2% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $25,685, and the median income for a family was $33,231. Males had a median income of $24,156 versus $18,333 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $14,723. About 11.5% of families and 16.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.1% of those under age 18 and 7.3% 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]]|access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,831 people, 810 households, and 472 families living in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1336.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 943 housing units at an average density of {{convert|688.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 89.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.9% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.0% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.2% of the population.

There were 810 households, of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.7% were non-families. 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.91.

The median age in the village was 43.3 years. 19.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.5% were from 25 to 44; 30.7% were from 45 to 64; and 17.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48.8% male and 51.2% female.

==Education==
Bridgeport has a public library, a branch of the Belmont County District Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mfpl.org/About/hours-location.asp | title=Locations & Hours | publisher=Belmont County District Library | access-date=February 25, 2018}}</ref>

==Notable people==
[[File:Wheeling Creek Ohio.jpg|thumb|[[Wheeling Creek (Ohio)|Wheeling Creek]] near its mouth in Bridgeport in 2006]]
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* [[Johnny Blatnik]], former [[professional baseball]] player
* [[Bobby Douglas]], Olympic wrestler
* [[John Havlicek]], [[Basketball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] basketball player for [[Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball|Ohio State]] and [[Boston Celtics]]
* [[Bill Jobko]], [[National Football League]] football player
* [[Joseph Henry Sharp]], painter
* [[Thomas Clarke Theaker]], Republican [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from Ohio
* [[Bill White (shortstop)|Bill White]], Major League Baseball player
* [[John Todd Zimmer]], leading [[Ornithology|ornithologist]]

==See also==
* [[List of cities and towns along the Ohio River]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bevs.k12.oh.us Bridgeport Exempted Village School District]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509081204/http://www.mfpl.org/bridgeport.asp Martins Ferry Public Library – Bridgeport Branch]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201216/http://wheeling.weirton.lib.wv.us/history/bus/brport.htm]

{{Belmont County, Ohio}}
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[[Category:Villages in Belmont County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Ohio populated places on the Ohio River]]
[[Category:1806 establishments in Ohio]]
[[Category:Villages in Ohio]]