Editing Dunkirk, Ohio

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Dunkirk, Ohio
|settlement_type          = [[Village (United States)|Village]]

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|image_skyline            = Dunkirk, Ohio, northward along Main Street, US68.jpg
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|image_caption            = Looking northward along Main Street in downtown Dunkirk

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|map_caption              = Location of Dunkirk, Ohio
|image_map1               = Map of Hardin County Ohio Highlighting Dunkirk Village.png
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|map_caption1             = Location of Dunkirk in Hardin County

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|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        = [[Hardin County, Ohio|Hardin]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[List of townships in Ohio|Township]]
|subdivision_name3        = [[Blanchard Township, Hardin County, Ohio|Blanchard]]

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|area_total_km2           = 1.86
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|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.66
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.06

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_est           = 757
|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=17 June 2024}}</ref>
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 774
|population_density_km2   = 454.34
|population_density_sq_mi = 1176.29

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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 45836
|area_code                = [[Area code 419|419]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 39-22946<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>
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'''Dunkirk''' is a [[village (United States)#Ohio|village]] in [[Hardin County, Ohio|Hardin County]], [[Ohio]], United States, with 774 people at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==History==
Dunkirk was [[plat]]ted in 1852 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref name="Kohler 170">{{cite book|last=Kohler|first=Minnie Ichler|title=A Twentieth Century History of Hardin County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Principal Interests|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tYyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA170|year=1910|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|page=170}}</ref> The village was named after [[Dunkirk, New York]].<ref name="Kohler 170" /> A post office has operated since 1854.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Hardin |title=Hardin County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=December 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222084954/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Hardin |archivedate=December 22, 2015 }}</ref>

In 2006, Dunkirk was identified by the [[Ohio Department of Transportation]] as a potential [[railway junction|junction]] for the [[Ohio Hub]] [[high-speed rail]] project.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ohio Hub Incremental Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Rail/Programs/passenger/Ohio%20Hub%20Plan/OhioHubOverview.pdf |publisher=[[Ohio Department of Transportation]] |date=October 17, 2006 |accessdate=September 12, 2009 |page=23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101073020/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Rail/Programs/passenger/Ohio%20Hub%20Plan/OhioHubOverview.pdf |archivedate=January 1, 2009 }}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.72|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|0.66|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.06|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]] |accessdate=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=July 2, 2012 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 1311
|1890= 1220
|1900= 1222
|1910= 1109
|1920= 894
|1930= 905
|1940= 922
|1950= 972
|1960= 1006
|1970= 1036
|1980= 954
|1990= 869
|2000= 952
|2010= 875
|2020= 774
|estyear= 2023
|estimate= 757
|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>
}}

===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 875 people, 332 households, and 234 families living in Dunkirk. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1325.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 386 housing units at an average density of {{convert|584.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup was 97.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.5% of the population.

There were 332 households, of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.5% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.12.

The median age in Dunkirk was 35.5 years. 28.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.8% were from 25 to 44; 25.6% were from 45 to 64; and 12.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup was 50.2% male and 49.8% female.

===2000 census===
[[File:Dunkirk purple house.jpg|thumb|left|[[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]] house on [[U.S. Route 68|Main Street]].]]

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 952 people, 361 households, and 276 families living in Dunkirk. The population density was {{convert|1,428.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 396 housing units at an average density of {{convert|594.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup was 98.63% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.11% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.05% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.21% of the population.

There were 361 households, out of which 38.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.3% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 2.97.

In Dunkirk, the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 102.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males.

The median income for a household in Dunkrik was $39,423 and the median income for a family was $45,000. Males had a median income of $38,083 versus $20,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] was $16,899. About 4.6% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.5% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==

* [[Dean Pees]], [[defensive coordinator]] for the [[Atlanta Falcons]]
* [[Willard Rhodes]], [[Ethnomusicology|ethnomusicologist]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070423204745/http://www.hardin-northern.lib.oh.us/ Hardin Northern Public Library]

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[[Category:Villages in Hardin County, Ohio]]
[[Category:1852 establishments in Ohio]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1852]]
[[Category:Villages in Ohio]]