Editing Plain City, Ohio

{{About|the village in Ohio|other uses|Plain City (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Plain City, Ohio
| settlement_type          = [[Village (United States)|Village]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = 
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| image_skyline            = Clock tower - Plain City, Ohio.jpg
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| image_caption            = Clock tower, 2013
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| map_caption              = Location of Plain City, Ohio
| image_map1               = Map of Madison County Ohio Highlighting Plain City Village.png
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| map_caption1             = Location of Plain City in Madison 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|Counties]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Madison County, Ohio|Madison]], [[Union County, Ohio|Union]]
| subdivision_type3        = [[List of townships in Ohio|Townships]]
| subdivision_name3        = [[Darby Township, Madison County, Ohio|Darby]], [[Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio|Jerome]]

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| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = Mayor-council-boards & commissions government
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Jody Carney{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
| leader_title1            = 
| leader_name1             = 
| established_title        = First platted
| established_date         = 1818 by Isaac Bigelow
| unit_pref                = Imperial
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| area_total_km2           = 7.20
| area_land_km2            = 7.13
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| area_total_sq_mi         = 2.78
| area_land_sq_mi          = 2.75
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| area_water_acre          = 12.8
| area_land_acre           = 1574.4
| area_water_percent       = 1.2

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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est           = 
| pop_est_as_of            = 
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 4065
| population_density_km2   = 570.32
| population_density_sq_mi = 1477.11

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| 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             = 932
| coordinates              = {{coord|40|06|28|N|83|15|50|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 43064
| area_code                = [[Area code 614|614]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 39-63030<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>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2399682<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2399682}}</ref>
| website                  = {{Official website|www.plain-city.com}}
| footnotes                = 
}}

'''Plain City''' is a [[village (United States)#Ohio|village]] in [[Madison County, Ohio|Madison]] and [[Union County, Ohio|Union]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Ohio]], along [[Big Darby Creek]]. The population was 4,065 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20151023151502/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml United States Census]</ref>

==History==
[[File:PlainCity1906.jpg|thumb|left|Downtown Plain City, 1906]]
[[File:PlainCity1917.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Dedication of flag pole, 1917]]

Until about 1800, the [[Ohio Country]] was inhabited by [[Mingo]] and [[Wyandot people|Wyandot]] Indians, and there was an Indian village just north of present-day Plain City.<ref name=Curry>Curry, William Leontes, [https://books.google.com/books?id=eg8VAAAAYAAJ History of Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio], Press of the Edward T. Miller co., 1913</ref> After 1795, as white settlers began moving into the region, the area around present-day Plain City was referred to as Pleasant Valley. This name remained in use into the 20th century, appearing in the ''[[American Guide Series|Ohio Guide]]'' of the late Depression era.<ref>{{gnis|1061547}}</ref>

In 1814, Isaac Bigelow travelled to the area from [[Centre County, Pennsylvania]], to pay for land purchased from his uncle,<ref name="PCHS">[https://www.plaincityhistoricalsociety.org/index.php/timeline Plain City Historical Society - Plain City Timeline]</ref> then returned to Pennsylvania to study medicine with his father. He returned in 1817, and settled in the Pleasant Valley area in 1818. He hired a surveyor named David Chapman, and laid out the town of Westminster on June 11, 1818.<ref name=PCHS/><ref name=Bryan>Bryan, Chester E., ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZK5KNwAACAAJ&q=%22History+of+Madison+County,+Ohio%22 History of Madison County, Ohio]'', B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc., [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], 1915, Pg. 175.</ref> At the time, Westminster lay wholly within Darby Township in Madison County. In 1820, when Union County was formed, the county line was moved to the middle of Westminster. In 1823, the previous survey was resurveyed, additional territory was incorporated, and the town's name was changed from Westminster to Pleasant Valley.<ref name=PCHS/><ref name=Bryan/> From 1832 to 1851, there were six additions to the town limits.<ref name=Bryan/> In 1851, due to there already being another town in Ohio named Pleasant Valley, the town changed its name to Plain City.<ref name=Bryan/>

Previous to 1850, Plain City was a smaller trading point than [[Amity, Madison County, Ohio|Amity]], but after a trunk-line for the [[Atlantic and Great Western Railroad]] was laid through its corporation limits, business and manufacturing increased dramatically.<ref name=Bryan/> The corporation limits were extended in 1868.<ref name=Caldwell>J. A. Caldwell, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=UaMkOQAACAAJ&q=Caldwell%27s+Atlas+of+Madison+County,+Ohio Caldwell's Atlas of Madison County, Ohio]'', Condit, Ohio, 1875, Pg. 9.</ref> As of 1875, the town contained five churches, one newspaper, one bank, one brick [[planing mill]], one flour mill, four dry goods stores, three drug stores, three grocery stores, one jewelry store, one hotel, one carriage and wagon store, two harness shops, two wagon shops, two blacksmith shops, and a boot and shoe store.<ref name=Caldwell/>

The [[Farmers National Bank (Plain City, Ohio)|Farmers National Bank]], a building at the intersection of [[Ohio State Route 161|State Route 161]] and Chillicothe Street, was built in 1902, and was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1995.<ref name=NRIS>{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> The town clock, located at the same intersection, was dedicated on November 15, 1902.<ref name=Bryan/>

An [[Amish]] settlement at Plain City that was founded in 1896 dissolved in 2011.<ref>[http://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/57700/JAPAS_Donnermeyer_Luthy_vol1-issue2_pp107-129.pdf Joseph F. Donnermeyer: ''Amish Settlements across America: 2013'', page 126.]</ref>

The village has grown in recent years with the addition of new housing developments. Darby Fields on the south side of the village broke ground in 2017.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} Darby Station on the east side of the village broke ground in 2022.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

In 2024, Plain City was designated a [[Tree City USA]].<ref>[https://www.plain-city.com/news_detail_T2_R51.php Village Accepts Tree City USA Award], Plain-City.com, May 14, 2024</ref>

==Geography==
Plain City is located at the juncture of [[U.S. Route 42]] and [[Ohio State Route 161|State Route 161]], eight minutes from [[Dublin, Ohio|Dublin]] and 12 minutes from [[Marysville, Ohio|Marysville]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|2.40|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|2.38|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.02|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]]|access-date=January 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 908
|1890= 1245
|1900= 1432
|1910= 1407
|1920= 1330
|1930= 1288
|1940= 1385
|1950= 1715
|1960= 2146
|1970= 2254
|1980= 2102
|1990= 2278
|2000= 2832
|2010= 4225
|2020= 4065
|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>
}}
[[File:Farmers National Bank in Plain City.jpg|thumb|right|[[Farmers National Bank (Plain City, Ohio)|Farmers National Bank]] building, 2010]]
[[File:PCPD-Truck.JPG|thumb|right|Plain City Police vehicle, 2009]]

The population of Plain City was about 700 in 1875,<ref name=Caldwell/> 1,245 in 1890, 1,432 in 1900, 1,407 in 1910,<ref name=13thcensus>Bureau of the Census, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=stBEAAAAYAAJ&q=Ohio+statistics Thirteenth census of the United States taken in the year 1910]'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913, Pg. 584.</ref> and about 1,500 in 1915.<ref name=Bryan/>

===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]]|access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref> of 2010, there were 4,225 people, 1,609 households, and 1,150 families living in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1775.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,699 housing units at an average density of {{convert|713.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the village was 96.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.7% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.9% 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 1,609 households, of which 37.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 28.5% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% 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 3.16.

The median age in the village was 37.2 years. 29.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.2% were from 25 to 44; 21.6% were from 45 to 64; and 14.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 47.1% male and 52.9% female.

According to the 2019: ACS 5-Year Estimates Subject Tables, 94.6 percent of people above 25 in the village were at least a high school graduate or higher; and 35.6 percent of people had a bachelor's degree or higher as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Plain%20City%20Village&tid=ACSST5Y2019.S1401&hidePreview=false|access-date=March 16, 2021|website=data.census.gov|title=Explore Census Data }}</ref>

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,832 people, 1,128 households, and 753 families living in the village. The population density was {{convert|1,563.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,201 housing units at an average density of {{convert|662.9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the village was 96.93% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.78% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.14% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.28% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.74% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.09% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.20% of the population.

There were 1,128 households, out of which 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 28.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 28.0% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 18.8% 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 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $43,313, and the median income for a family was $51,007. Males had a median income of $35,382 versus $23,351 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $20,815. About 4.3% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Tractors at the Fairgrounds in Plain City, Ohio.jpg|thumb|right|Tractors on display at the 2009 Miami Valley Steam Threshers show at Pastime Park]]
The village's public park is Pastime Park, and features baseball and softball diamonds, camping facilities, a {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} nature walking path, two children's play parks, and the village's public pool, Pastime Pool.<ref>{{cite web | title = Pastime Park | publisher = Village of Plain City | url = http://www.plain-city.com/parks/pastime-park | access-date = May 28, 2014}}</ref>

Each year, during the month of July, the village hosts the Miami Valley Steam Threshers show at Pastime Park, which showcases antique tractors, [[Threshing machine|steam thresher]]s and other farm equipment.<ref>{{cite web | title = Miami Valley Steam Threshers Associations | publisher = Miami Valley Steam Threshers Associations | url = http://www.miamivalleysteamshow.org/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051223091933/http://www.miamivalleysteamshow.org/ | url-status = usurped | archive-date = December 23, 2005 | access-date = May 28, 2014}}</ref>

==Education==
The village and surrounding area is serviced by the [[Jonathan Alder Local School District]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39097_madison/DC20SD_C39097.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Madison County, OH|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-18}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39097_madison/DC20SD_C39097_SD2MS.txt  Text list]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39159_union/DC20SD_C39159.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Union County, OH|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-18}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st39_oh/schooldistrict_maps/c39159_union/DC20SD_C39159_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> which operates [[Jonathan Alder High School]].

Plain City is served by the Plain City Public Library, holding over 64,000 volumes with over 125 periodical subscriptions.<ref name="OHLibStats2">{{cite web|url=http://winslo.state.oh.us/publib/2005_stats_by_county.xls|title=2005 Ohio Public Library Statistics:Statistics by County and Town|access-date=November 6, 2006|publisher=State Library of Ohio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924225241/http://winslo.state.oh.us/publib/2005_stats_by_county.xls|archive-date=September 24, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Jonathan Alder]], pioneer and settler
* [[Israel Beachy]], bass guitarist
* [[James Dillion]], [[1952 Summer Olympics]] bronze medalist
* [[Perry A. Frey ]](born 1935) biochemist
* [[Arnett Howard]], jazz musician
* [[Herbert Huffman]], musician and choir director; founder of the [[American Boychoir School]]
* [[Donnie Nickey]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player
* [[Nanette B. Paul]], legal scholar, lawyer, suffragist, author, instructor, lecturer<ref name="EveningStar1928">{{cite news |title=Suffragist Dies. Mrs. Nanette B. Paul. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star-suffragist-dies-mrs-nanet/160178500/ |access-date=2 December 2024 |work=Evening star |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |date=10 April 1928 |page=3 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.plaincitylib.org Plain City Public Library]

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[[Category:Villages in Madison County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Villages in Union County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1818]]
[[Category:Villages in Ohio]]