Editing Cambridge, Ohio

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{{Other uses|Cambridge (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Cambridge, Ohio
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline            = Cambridge Ohio Downtown.jpg
| imagesize                = 250px
| image_caption            = Downtown Cambridge in 2008
| image_flag               = 
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| image_map               = Map of Guernsey County Ohio Highlighting Cambridge City.png
| mapsize                 = 250px
| map_caption             = Location of Cambridge in [[Guernsey County, Ohio]]
|pushpin_map = Ohio#USA
|pushpin_relief = yes
|pushpin_label = Cambridge

<!-- Location -->
| 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        = [[Guernsey County, Ohio|Guernsey]]

<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Tom Orr<ref name="mayor">{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeoh.org/office-of-the-mayor/uncategorised/office-of-the-mayor|title=Office of the Mayor - City of Cambridge, Ohio|last=Website|website=www.cambridgeoh.org|access-date=February 14, 2018|archive-date=February 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023949/http://www.cambridgeoh.org/office-of-the-mayor/uncategorised/office-of-the-mayor|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| established_title        = First Settled
| established_date         = 1798
| established_title2       = Incorporated
| established_date2        = 1837

<!-- Area -->
| unit_pref                = Imperial
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| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 16.50
| area_land_km2            = 16.49
| area_water_km2           = 0.01
| area_total_sq_mi         = 6.37
| area_land_sq_mi          = 6.37
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00

<!-- Population -->
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est           = 9969
| 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=7 June 2024}}</ref>
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 10089
| population_density_km2   = 611.73
| population_density_sq_mi = 1584.33

<!-- General information -->
| 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             = 846
| coordinates              = {{coord|40|01|20|N|81|35|12|W|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code              = 43725, 43750
| area_code                = [[Area code 740|740]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 39-10996
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2393504<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2393504}}</ref>
| website                  = [http://www.cambridgeoh.org/ City of Cambridge]
| footnotes                = 
}}
'''Cambridge''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|m|b|r|ɪ|dʒ}} {{respell|KAYM|brij}}) is a city in [[Guernsey County, Ohio]], United States, and its [[county seat]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> The population was 10,089 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It lies in the [[Appalachian Plateau]] of the [[Appalachian Mountains]] in southeastern Ohio. It is the principal city of the [[Micropolitan statistical area|Cambridge micropolitan area]] and is located adjacent to the intersection of Interstates [[Interstate 70|70]] and [[Interstate 77|77]].

Cambridge is well known among glass collectors as being the location for the [[Cambridge Glass]], Boyd Glass and [[Mosser Glass]] plants. The Cambridge area is also noted for its [[S bridge|S-shaped bridges]], dating back to the building of the [[National Road]] in 1828.

==History==
[[Image:GuernseyCtyCourthouse CambridgeOH.jpg|thumb|left|Guernsey County Courthouse]]
In 1796, Col. Ebenezer Zane received funds to blaze a road suitable for travel by horse through the Ohio wilderness from a point on the [[Ohio River]] opposite Wheeling, Virginia (now [[Wheeling, West Virginia]]) to another point opposite [[Maysville, Kentucky]]. Where this road, known as [[Zane's Trace]], crossed [[Wills Creek (Ohio)|Wills Creek]], a ferry was established in 1798. This was followed by the first bridge authorized by the legislature of the [[Northwest Territory]], built in 1803. The land on which part of Cambridge stands was granted to Zaccheus Biggs and Zaccheus Beatty by the government in 1801. A settlement grew up at the creek crossing. The town of Cambridge was platted there in 1806. Both [[Cambridge, Maryland]] and [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] have been speculated by historians as having inspired the naming of the town. Also in 1806, another group of early settlers from the Isle of [[Guernsey]] in the [[English Channel]] pitched camp in Cambridge, reportedly because the women in the party refused to move on. The county for which Cambridge serves as the county seat was later named in honor of its many settlers from Guernsey. In 1828, the federally built National Road came through Cambridge. The first railroad arrived in 1854. The Cambridge area experienced massive flooding in late June 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeglass.org/museum/floodof1998.php|title=National Cambridge Collectors, Inc. - Glass Pass Program|website=www.cambridgeglass.org}}</ref> In 1973, Buds Pub was built.

==Geography==
Cambridge is located along [[Wills Creek (Ohio)|Wills Creek]]; its tributary [[Leatherwood Creek (Wills Creek)|Leatherwood Creek]] flows into Wills Creek in the southern part of the city.<ref name=DeLorme>{{cite book| title= Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer |year=1991 |publisher= [[DeLorme]] |location=Yarmouth, Me. |isbn= 0-89933-233-1 |pages= 61}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.35|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]] |access-date=2013-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-07-02 }}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Cambridge, Ohio (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1963–present)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 74
|Feb record high F = 79
|Mar record high F = 85
|Apr record high F = 92
|May record high F = 97
|Jun record high F = 99
|Jul record high F = 102
|Aug record high F = 99
|Sep record high F = 96
|Oct record high F = 92
|Nov record high F = 80
|Dec record high F = 77
|year record high F = 102
|Jan high F = 38.2
|Feb high F = 42.3
|Mar high F = 52.8
|Apr high F = 66.2
|May high F = 75.0
|Jun high F = 82.0
|Jul high F = 85.1
|Aug high F = 84.0
|Sep high F = 77.8
|Oct high F = 66.1
|Nov high F = 53.2
|Dec high F = 42.4
|year high F = 63.8
|Jan mean F = 29.4
|Feb mean F = 32.4
|Mar mean F = 41.6
|Apr mean F = 53.2
|May mean F = 62.6
|Jun mean F = 70.3
|Jul mean F = 73.9
|Aug mean F = 72.5
|Sep mean F = 65.7
|Oct mean F = 54.1
|Nov mean F = 42.9
|Dec mean F = 34.0
|year mean F = 52.7
|Jan low F = 20.7
|Feb low F = 22.6
|Mar low F = 30.3
|Apr low F = 40.2
|May low F = 50.2
|Jun low F = 58.5
|Jul low F = 62.7
|Aug low F = 60.9
|Sep low F = 53.7
|Oct low F = 42.2
|Nov low F = 32.6
|Dec low F = 25.7
|year low F = 41.7
|Jan record low F = −32
|Feb record low F = −16
|Mar record low F = -3
|Apr record low F = 8
|May record low F = 23
|Jun record low F = 30
|Jul record low F = 42
|Aug record low F = 37
|Sep record low F = 32
|Oct record low F = 18
|Nov record low F = 0
|Dec record low F = −17
|year record low F = -32
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 3.25
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.41
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.27
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.84
|May precipitation inch = 4.23
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.46
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.04
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.49
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.47
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.87
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.00
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.99
|year precipitation inch = 41.32
|Jan snow inch = 5.5
|Feb snow inch = 5.3
|Mar snow inch = 3.1
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.5
|Dec snow inch = 3.0
|year snow inch = 17.4
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 13.4
|Feb precipitation days = 11.1
|Mar precipitation days = 11.7
|Apr precipitation days = 12.9
|May precipitation days = 13.1
|Jun precipitation days = 12.4
|Jul precipitation days = 10.9
|Aug precipitation days = 9.0
|Sep precipitation days = 9.1
|Oct precipitation days = 9.9
|Nov precipitation days = 10.1
|Dec precipitation days = 12.0
|year precipitation days = 135.6
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 4.1
|Feb snow days = 2.8
|Mar snow days = 1.5
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.4
|Dec snow days = 2.2
|year snow days = 11.0
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name = NOAA >
{{cite web
| url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=pbz
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = August 7, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00331197&format=pdf
| title = Station: Cambridge, OH
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = August 7, 2021}}</ref>
}}

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1840= 766
|1850= 1041
|1860= 1452
|1870= 2193
|1880= 2883
|1890= 4361
|1900= 8241
|1910= 11327
|1920= 13104
|1930= 16129
|1940= 15044
|1950= 14739
|1960= 14652
|1970= 13656
|1980= 13450
|1990= 11748
|2000= 11520
|2010= 10635
|2020= 10089
|estyear=2023
|estimate=9969
|estref=<ref name="2023 est"/>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cambridgecityohio/PST045219 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 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=2013-01-06}}</ref> of 2020, there were 10,089 people, 4,568 households, and 2,519 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1584.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 5,267 housing units at an average density of {{convert|717.11|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 89.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.7% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.6% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 5.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.6% of the population.

There were 4,568 households, of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 38.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 22.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.7% were non-families. 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 3.48.

The median age in the city was 39.9 years. 22.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.8% were from 25 to 44; 24.3% were from 45 to 64; and 20.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.5% male and 52.5% female.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/> of 2010, there were 10,635 people, 4,651 households, and 2,604 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1674.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 5,313 housing units at an average density of {{convert|836.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% 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 1.2% of the population.

There were 4,651 households, of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 14.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.0% were non-families. 38.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.94.

The median age in the city was 38.8 years. 24.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.6% were from 25 to 44; 24.8% were from 45 to 64; and 17.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.6% male and 53.4% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 11,520 people, 4,924 households, and 2,954 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,055.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 5,585 housing units of an average density of {{convert|996.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.84% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.91% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.33% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.37% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.47% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.07% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.96% of the population.

There were 4,924 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18, 39.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.92.

The population of the city was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.8 males and every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 79.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $24,102, and the median income for a family was $30,780. Males had a median income of $26,368 versus $20,596 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,452. About 18.1% of families and 30.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 29.5% of those under age 18 and 12.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Transportation==
[[File:Union Station Cambridge Ohio from Baltimore & Ohio Employes Magazine March 1914 Vol 02 No 06 Page 83.jpg|thumb|Union Station, Cambridge, Ohio, {{circa|1914}}]]
Cambridge is the site of a major junction between [[Interstate 70]] and [[Interstate 77]]; both routes have exits connecting to Cambridge's city center. The city is additionally bisected by [[U.S. Route 22]]/[[U.S. Route 40]] acting as the [[de facto]] "main street", and is not too far away from [[Cambridge Municipal Airport (Ohio)|Cambridge Municipal Airport]], primarily used for [[general aviation]]. The closest commercial airport is [[Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport]], but the airport only serves [[Contour Airlines]] and flies regionally; the closest commercial airport with cross-country service is [[John Glenn Columbus International Airport]].

==Education==
The [[Cambridge City School District]] administers one primary school (K–2), one intermediate school (3–5), one middle school and [[Cambridge High School (Cambridge, Ohio)|Cambridge High School]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.cambridge.k12.oh.us/| title= Cambridge City School District| publisher= Cambridge City School District| access-date= August 4, 2012| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070511005328/http://www.cambridge.k12.oh.us/| archive-date= May 11, 2007}}</ref> St. Benedict Elementary School is a Roman Catholic institution.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stbenedictschool.net | title=Homepage | publisher=St. Benedict Elementary School | access-date=25 February 2018}}</ref>

The Guernsey County Public Library operates two libraries in the city.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.guernseycountylibrary.org/hours-and-locations/ | title=Hours and Locations | publisher=Guernsey County Public Library | access-date=25 February 2018}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Daphne Alloway McVicker]], writer
*[[William Lawrence Boyd]], actor who portrayed western character [[Hopalong Cassidy]] in 66 films, lived on Gomber Avenue
*[[Dom Capers]], [[defensive coordinator]] for NFL's [[Green Bay Packers]]; former [[defensive coordinator]] for [[Miami Dolphins]] and [[Pittsburgh Steelers]], also first [[head coach]] of [[Houston Texans]] and of [[Carolina Panthers]]
*[[Doug Donley]], former [[wide receiver]] for [[Dallas Cowboys]] and [[Chicago Bears]]
*[[Tom Eyen]], experimental [[playwright]], [[lyricist]], and [[theatre director]], author of ''[[Dreamgirls (musical)|Dreamgirls]]'' for which he won 1981 [[Tony Award]] for Best Book of a Musical
*[[Geno Ford]], former Ohio Mr. Basketball and [[Ohio University]] player and [[Coach (sport)|coach]]; head coach at [[Kent State University|Kent State]] and [[Bradley University|Bradley]]
*[[John Glenn]], [[United States Senator]], chairman of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, [[NASA]] [[astronaut]], [[NASA]] [[payload specialist]], [[United States Navy]] and [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] [[colonel]], [[World War II]] and [[Korean War]] veteran, first American to orbit Earth in his [[Mercury-Atlas 6]] mission
*[[Lisa Howard (reporter)|Lisa Howard]], film and television actress and journalist
*[[Bill Kenworthy]], [[Major League Baseball]] player from 1912-1917<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=kenwor001wilref Register Players Encyclopedia]</ref>
*[[Orville Singer]], [[Negro league baseball]] player from 1923-1932<ref>{{Cite web |title=Orville Singer |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/singeor01.shtml |website=Baseball Reference}}</ref>
*[[William Oxley Thompson]], fifth president of [[Ohio State University]]<!--Wikipedians do not use "The" as part of Ohio State's name; it is considered a marketing gimmick, and routinely deleted.-->

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category}}
{{EB1911 poster|Cambridge (Ohio)|Cambridge, Ohio}}
* [http://www.cambridgeoh.org City website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070511005328/http://www.cambridge.k12.oh.us/ Cambridge City Schools]
* [http://www.daily-jeff.com ''The Daily Jeffersonian'']

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