Editing Leavittsburg, Ohio

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'''Leavittsburg''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɛ|v|ɪ|t|s|b|ɜːr|g}} {{respell|LEV|its|burg}}<ref>{{cite web |title=E.W. Scripps School of Journalism Ohio Pronunciation Guide {{!}} Ohio University |url=https://www.ohio.edu/scripps-college/journalism/e-w-scripps-school-journalism-ohio-pronunciation-guide-1 |website=www.ohio.edu |publisher=[[Ohio University]] |access-date=August 29, 2023 |date=2016}}</ref>) is a [[census-designated place]] in [[Trumbull County, Ohio]], United States. The population was 1,571 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. Located directly west of [[Warren, Ohio]], it is part of the [[Mahoning Valley|Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area]].

==History==
Leavittsburg is named for the Leavitt family of [[Suffield, Connecticut]], a prominent early mercantile New England family originally from [[Hingham, Massachusetts]]. [[Thaddeus Leavitt]] Esq. was one of the eight original purchasers of the [[Western Reserve]] lands from the state of Connecticut. (Leavitt and Suffield businessmen [[Oliver Phelps (politician)|Oliver Phelps]], [[Gideon Granger]], Luther Loomis and Asahel Hatheway owned between them one-quarter of all the lands in the [[Western Reserve]] assigned to Connecticut.)<ref>[http://www.suffield-library.org/history/leavitt/index.htm Thaddeus Leavitt Diary, Suffield Library, Suffield, Conn.]</ref> Leavitt was married to Elizabeth King, the daughter of William King and Lucy (Hatheway), two prominent Suffield families.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.suffieldhistoricalsociety.org/families/king.htm |title=Family History of James King, Suffield Historical Society, Suffield, Conn. |access-date=April 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509091151/http://www.suffieldhistoricalsociety.org/families/king.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WLfMU4yd1FYC&dq=%22thaddeus+leavitt%22+elizabeth+king&pg=PA407 The History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass., Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, New York, 1874]</ref> Leavitt had a fleet of ships that traded as far afield as the [[British West Indies]] and was a [[selectman]] for the town of Suffield. He was also the inventor of an early [[cotton gin]].

[[Humphrey H. Leavitt]], a [[U.S. congressman]] from Ohio born in Suffield, was a member of this family, as was [[John Leavitt (Ohio settler)|John Leavitt]], the owner of the first inn in Warren. Another member of the extended family was [[Henry Leavitt Ellsworth]] who traveled to Ohio in 1811 to investigate family lands in the region.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/text/ellsworth.html Oliver Ellsworth Family Papers, land in Western Reserve, The Library of Congress]</ref> (Ellsworth's father [[Oliver Ellsworth]] had purchased over {{convert|41000|acre|km2}} in the Western Reserve, including most of present-day [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]].) The resulting volume was entitled ''A Tour to New Connecticut in 1811'', and was published later after the manuscript was discovered in the Yale University library.  A young Yale graduate of 19 when he made his first trip to New Connecticut (Ohio), Ellsworth went on to make several more trips to the west. Author [[Washington Irving]] accompanied Ellsworth on a subsequent trip over 20 years later, calling his journal ''A Tour on the Prairies''.

A [[post office]] with the name Leavittsburgh was established March 15, 1864; the spelling was amended to Leavittsburg with effect from July 19, 1893.<ref>Gallagher, John S. and Patera, Alan H. (1979). ''The Post Offices of Ohio'', p. 232. Burtonsville, Maryland: The Depot.</ref> Leavittsburg was designated as the market town of Trumbull County, but [[Warren, Ohio|Warren]] supplanted Leavittsburg, which remains mostly woodland.

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.7|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} (3.47%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 2200
|2010= 1973
|2020= 1571
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,200 people, 811 households, and 606 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|1,319.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 860 housing units at an average density of {{convert|515.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.36% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.32% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.09% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.23% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.91% of the population.

There were 811 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $37,031, and the median income for a family was $42,150. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $21,472 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $16,572. About 8.4% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Children in Leavittsburg are served by the LaBrae Local School District. The name LaBrae is a combination of the names Leavittsburg and Braceville, two separate school districts which were merged in 1970 to form the new school district.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://labrae.school/about-us|title=About Us|date=June 27, 2017}}</ref> The name was suggested by a local student. The current schools serving Leavittsburg are:
*Bascom Elementary School – grades K-2
*LaBrae Intermediate School – grades 3-5
*LaBrae Middle School – grades 6-8
*[[LaBrae High School]] – grades 9-12

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://labrae.school School website]

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