Editing Pioneer, Ohio

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|population_total         = 1429
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|postal_code             = 43554
|area_code               = [[Area code 419|419]]
|blank_name              = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info              = 39-62834<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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|website                 = http://www.villageofpioneer.com/<br>http://www.pioneerchamber.com/
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'''Pioneer''' is a [[village (United States)#Ohio|village]] in [[Williams County, Ohio|Williams County]], [[Ohio]], United States. The population was 1,429 at the [[United States Census 2020|2020 census]].

==History==
Pioneer was [[plat]]ted in 1853.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holidaycityohio.org/county_information.htm |title=County Information (Williams County, Ohio) |accessdate=November 3, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222014315/http://www.holidaycityohio.org/county_information.htm |archivedate=February 22, 2014 }}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Pioneer since 1851.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Williams | title=Williams County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=March 2, 2015}}</ref>

From 1903, the village was the terminus of an electric [[interurban]] passenger railroad from [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]] called the Toledo and Western Railway, which was hoping to become a link in an electric rail service from that city to Chicago but which got no further.<ref>Hilton & Due: Electric Interurban Railways in America Stanford University Press 2000 p. 264.</ref> The line closed to passengers in 1933 but continued freight service until 1943, from 1934 as the [[Pioneer and Fayette Railroad]]. This was only formally abandoned in 1991.<ref>Connelly, E: Railroad Operations Vol. 4 privately published 2002 p. 45</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Pioneer Ohio Industrial District.jpg|thumb|left|Pioneer, OH Industrial District]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|2.09|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|2.02|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.07|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/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=January 12, 2012 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left|1870= 338
|1880= 754
|1890= 596
|1900= 603
|1910= 660
|1920= 774
|1930= 686
|1940= 762
|1950= 696
|1960= 855
|1970= 968
|1980= 1133
|1990= 1287
|2000= 1460
|2010= 1380
|2020= 1429
|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>
}}
As of 2000 the median income for a household in the village was $37,153, and the median income for a family was $46,369. Males had a median income of $32,917 versus $21,466 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $18,024. About 5.9% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 5.3% 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]]|accessdate=January 6, 2013}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,380 people, 583 households, and 375 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|683.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 653 housing units at an average density of {{convert|323.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 96.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.6% of the population.

There were 583 households, of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.7% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.89.

The median age in the village was 36.6 years. 25% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.6% were from 25 to 44; 26.7% were from 45 to 64; and 13.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.

==Education==
[[North Central High School (Pioneer, Ohio)|North Central High School]] is renovated with a new high school in 2016 and is a public [[High school (North America)|high school]] in Pioneer.  A member of the [[Buckeye Border Conference]], it is the only high school in the North Central Local Schools district.  The school's sports teams are nicknamed the Eagles.

Pioneer has a public library, a branch of the Williams County Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mywcpl.org/content/hours-locations | title=Hours & Locations | publisher=Williams County Public Library | accessdate=March 3, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.ncschool.k12.oh.us/ North Central Local Schools]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110515085740/http://www.pioneerchamber.com/ Chamber of commerce]

{{Williams County, Ohio}}

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[[Category:Villages in Williams County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Villages in Ohio]]