Editing Peebles, Ohio

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Peebles, Ohio
| settlement_type    = [[Village (United States)|Village]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = PeeblesOH2.JPG
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| image_caption      = Looking south on Main Street ([[Ohio State Route 41]])
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| image_seal         = PeeblesOHseal.png
| image_map          = Adams County Ohio incorporated and unincorporated areas Peebles highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 260px
| map_caption        = Location in [[Adams County, Ohio|Adams County]] and the state of [[Ohio]].

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| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Ohio]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Ohio|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Adams County, Ohio|Adams]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of townships in Ohio|Township]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Meigs Township, Adams County, Ohio|Meigs]]

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| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Stephanie Harper
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 1.21
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| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1774
| population_density_sq_mi = 1461.29
| population_density_km2 = 564.11

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| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
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| elevation_ft       = 820
| coordinates        = {{coord|38|56|47|N|83|24|34|W|region:US-OH|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 45660
| area_code          = [[Area codes 937 and 326|937, 326]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 39-61420<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>
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'''Peebles''' is a [[village (United States)#Ohio|village]] in [[Adams County, Ohio]], United States. It is {{convert|64|mi}} east of [[Cincinnati]]. The population was 1,774 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==History==
Peebles was founded in 1881 with the building of the railroad through that territory. It was named for John G. Peebles, who was instrumental in bringing the railroad to the settlement.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8HwUAAAAYAAJ | title=A History of Adams County, Ohio: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time | publisher=E B. Stivers | author=Evans, Nelson Wiley | year=1900 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8HwUAAAAYAAJ/page/n485 446]}}</ref> That railroad was the [[Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad]], today the [[Cincinnati Eastern Railroad]] (CCET).

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|1.18|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=January 6, 2013|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=July 2, 2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 358
|1900= 763
|1910= 921
|1920= 1008
|1930= 1235
|1940= 1356
|1950= 1498
|1960= 1601
|1970= 1629
|1980= 1790
|1990= 1782
|2000= 1739
|2010= 1782
|2020= 1774
|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>
}}
The village's estimated median household income was $19,058 in 2009, and the median income for a family was $30,390. The village's [[per capita income]] was $13,739. About 27.1% of residents of the village were below the [[poverty line]], including 26.3% for [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] residents, 100% for [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]] residents, 0% for [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] and [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] residents, 100% for [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] residents, and 37.6% of residents of two or more races.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010, 1,782 people, 758 households, and 456 families resided in the village. The population density was {{convert|1,469|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 867 housing units at an average density of {{convert|722.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 96.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.06% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.0% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.5% of the population.

There were 758 households, of which 35.09% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. 31.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.04.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010 the population by age was 27.5% under the age of 18, 72.5% of the age 18 & over, 5.84% of the age 20 to 24, 11.22% of the age 25 to 34, 19.36% of the age 35 to 49, 17.56% of the age 50 to 64, 14.7% of the age 65 & over. There were 839 males and 943 females.

==Education==
Peebles is served by [[Peebles High School (Ohio)|Peebles High School]] and Peebles Elementary School,  and the Peebles Public Library,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://adamscolibrary.org/locations/ | title=Locations & Hours | publisher=Adams County Public Library | access-date=February 25, 2018}}</ref> a branch of the [[Adams County, Ohio#Government|Adams County Public Library]].

The [[Peebles High School (Ohio)|Peebles High School]] student enrollment for 2009-2010: 490. Female enrollment: 243. Male enrollment: 247.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/school/peebles-high-school-oh.html|title = Peebles High School in Peebles, Ohio (OH) - Test Results, Rating, Ranking, Grades, Scores, Classes, Enrollment, Teachers, Students, and Report Card}}</ref>

The Peebles Elementary School student enrollment for 2009-2010: 633. Female enrollment: 311. Male enrollment: 322.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/school/peebles-elementary-school-oh.html|title = Peebles Elementary School in Peebles, Ohio (OH) - Test Results, Rating, Ranking, Grades, Scores, Classes, Enrollment, Teachers, Students, and Report Card}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Tom Blackburn (basketball)|Tom Blackburn]], basketball coach at the [[University of Dayton]]
*[[Samantha Hunt]], author<ref>{{ cite book |last=Pratt Institute
|date=December 8, 1984 |title=Campus Directory at Pratt Institute |url=https://www.pratt.edu/faculty_and_staff/bio/?id=shun1012}}</ref>
*[[Edmund Wittenmyer]], U.S. Army major general<ref>{{cite book |last=Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy |date=June 11, 1937 |title=Sixty-Eighth Annual Report |url=http://digital-library.usma.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/aogreunion/id/18848/rec/27 |location=Newburgh, NY |publisher=The Moore Printing Company |via=[[United States Military Academy Library]] |page=147 |ref={{sfnRef|''Sixty-Eighth Annual Report''}}}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180px" class="center">
File:PeeblesOH1.JPG|Peebles corporation limit sign.
File:PeeblesOH3.JPG|Water tower in Peebles.
File:PeeblesOH4.JPG|1957 Cairn of Peace located on the corner of Main and Elm Streets in Peebles.
File:Peebles, Ohio sign.jpg|Peebles Ohio Historical Marker outlining the history of Peebles.
File:Peebles village hall.jpg|Peebles Village Hall
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Adams County, Ohio}}
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[[Category:Villages in Adams County, Ohio]]
[[Category:1881 establishments in Ohio]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1881]]
[[Category:Villages in Ohio]]