Editing Vienna Center, Ohio

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'''Vienna Center''' ({{IPAc-en|v|aɪ|ˈ|ɛ|n|ə}}, sometimes simply '''Vienna''') is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] in central [[Vienna Township, Trumbull County, Ohio]], United States. The population was 622 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is part of the [[Mahoning Valley|Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area]].

==History==
Vienna Township was established as Township 4, Range 2 in the [[Connecticut Western Reserve]]. It was surveyed in 1798 by a group led by [[Uriel Holmes]] under the direction of the [[Connecticut Land Company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84028385/1867-04-10/ed-1/seq-2/ |title=Early Times in Ohio |author=Ritezel, William |publisher=Western Reserve Chronicle |date=April 10, 1867 |accessdate=March 13, 2025 }}</ref> The township's original settlers were Dennis Palmer and Isaac Flower.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viennapedia.org/Home/early-history-of-vienna |title=Early History of Vienna |publisher=Vienna Historical Society |access-date=March 13, 2024 }}</ref> [[Thomas Robbins (minister)|Thomas Robbins]] of the [[List of Protestant missionary societies|Connecticut Missionary Society]]  established Vienna's Congregational Church in 1805, which would adopt Presbyterianism in 1854, one of the earliest churches in the state.<ref>DeRogatis, Amy. ''Moral Geography: Maps, Missionaries, and the American Frontier''. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003.</ref> The Western Reserve was absorbed into the [[Northwest Territory]] and later as part of Ohio in 1803.

On June 20, 1810, a township green was established in what would be called Vienna Center. Eight acres on the northwest corner of Vienna Center were purchased by the community's Presbyterian Society for $20.00. Upon this green now stands Vienna Presbyterian Church, Vienna Methodist Church, the Copper Penny Masonic Lodge (built as the two-story Vienna School Number 1), the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Bicentennial Gazebo, and the Vienna Township Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viennapedia.org/places-businesses/vienna-township-green |title=Vienna Township Green |publisher=Vienna Historical Society |access-date=March 13, 2024 }}</ref> One of the earliest buildings, constructed on the green in 1825, was used for church services, township meetings and housed Vienna Academy, an early "English School" for boys. The building was moved in the early 20th century to its current site on Youngstown-Kingsville Road north of Vienna Center and serves as Vienna Township Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viennapedia.org/places-businesses/vienna-academy |title=Vienna Academy |publisher=Vienna Historical Society |access-date=March 13, 2024 }}</ref>

Settlement in the Township and the Western Reserve was slow until after the [[War of 1812]]. Though primarily agricultural, Vienna Township was the home to several clock-making factories established between 1812 and the 1830s, a frontier extension of one of Connecticut's signal industries. Vienna's clock makers, including brothers Lambert W. and Thomas Lewis, Phineas Deming, Joel J. Hummason, Jr., John C. McMaster, Ansel Merrell, and Abel Tyler, manufactured tall case and shelf wooden-work clocks, using water power supplied by the Township's streams and creeks.<ref>Rebecca M. Rogers, ''Trumbull County Clock Industry, 1812–1825'' (Dayton, OH : Sterling Graphics, [1991?]), p. 24.</ref>

An economic boom began in 1866, when the first coal mine was opened by businessman Ira B. Mackey, Jr. Vienna was inundated with men seeking work in some 20 mines opened over the next 20 years. The built environment of Vienna Center (also called Vienna Village) changed with the construction of 32 saloons, bar-rooms, and billiard parlors. Some Vienna residents responded by establishing temperance societies. Tensard Mackey (Ira B. Mackey's brother) operated a temperance hotel on the northeast corner of Vienna Center; this building stood until 1966.<ref>[http://viennapedia.viennahistory.org/topics/coal-boom-and-coal-mining "Coal Boom and Coal Mining." Viennapedia: The Encyclopedia of Vienna Township, Trumbull County, Ohio]. Accessed December 28, 2014.</ref> Temperance reform nationwide was the work of women, and in 1880 Vienna's temperance societies petitioned the state to allow women to vote on local issues.<ref>''Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio, For the Regular Session of the Sixty-Fourth General Assembly, Commencing Monday, January 5, 1880''. Volume LXXVI. Columbus, Ohio: G. J. Brand & Co., Printers, 1880, page 311.</ref>

Another outcome of Vienna's coal mining was the creation of Ohio's first mining safety law in 1874. Future State Inspector of Mines Andrew Roy was a member of a team appointed by the Ohio General Assembly to investigate and report on the working conditions of miners throughout the state. The team visited the Vienna Coal Company's mine in August 1871. Roy included in his section of the report what he saw in Vienna.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9axAAAAAYAAJ&dq=vienna%20mines%20trumbull%20county%20ohio&pg=PP1 Report of the Mining Commission Appointed Under Joint Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, Passed May 2d, 1871, to His Excellency the Governor Rutherford B. Hayes, November 14th, 1871]. Columbus: Nevins & Myers, State Printers, 1872.</ref>

The [[Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport]], one of the last [[Works Progress Administration]] projects, and the [[Youngstown-Warren Air Reserve Station]] were constructed near the community in 1939 and the 1950s.

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|4.2|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

The [[ZIP code]] of its post office is 44473, but under the name of Vienna, rather than Vienna Center.<ref>[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=44473 Zip Code Lookup]</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 994
|2010= 650
|2020= 622
|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 994 people, 371 households, and 278 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|234.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 383 housing units at an average density of {{convert|90.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.49% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.91% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.10% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.20% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.30% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.60% of the population.

There were 371 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 20.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 24.3% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 106.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.3 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $47,115, and the median income for a family was $51,923. Males had a median income of $35,781 versus $26,346 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $17,943. About 1.8% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.1% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Vienna Township and [[Fowler Township, Ohio|Fowler Township]] created a joint school district in 1961. A five-member board of education oversees what is now called the Mathews Local School District and its three schools: Baker Elementary School, Currie Elementary School, and [[Mathews High School (Ohio)|Mathews Junior-Senior High School]].<ref>[http://www.mathews.k12.oh.us/ Mathews Local School District. Accessed December 28, 2014.]</ref> Each school was named after a revered schoolteacher in the district.

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{{Trumbull County, Ohio}}

[[Category:Census-designated places in Trumbull County, Ohio]]