Lisbon, Ohio

Lisbon is a village in and the county seat of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States, along the Little Beaver Creek. The population was 2,597 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the Salem micropolitan area, southwest of Youngstown and northwest of Pittsburgh.

History

Lisbon was platted on February 16, 1803, by Lewis Kinney, originally named New Lisbon after the capital of Portugal. The village was incorporated under a special act of legislature on February 7, 1825. Initially known for its iron and whiskey production, New Lisbon became an economic hub of many sorts into the first industrial revolution. During this time, the village claimed the county's first bank, the Columbiana Bank of New Lisbon; its first insurance company, and the first Ohio newspaper, ''The Ohio Patriot'', founded by an Alsatian immigrant, William D. Lepper.

Lisbon has the distinction of being the northernmost western town involved in military actions during the American Civil War. Confederate Army general John Hunt Morgan surrendered to New Lisbon militia forces in nearby West Point at the end of Morgan's Raid into Ohio. The village was renamed to Lisbon in 1895. In 1900, the modern drinking straw was invented and patented in Lisbon. Lisbon became a qualified Tree City USA as recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation in 1981.

Geography

Lisbon is located at (40.773874, -80.767553).

The following highways pass through Lisbon:
* U.S. Route 30
* State Route 45
* State Route 154
* State Route 164
* State Route 517

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 2,821 people, 1,138 households, and 693 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 1,287 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.4% White, 1.1% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.2% of the population.

There were 1,138 households, of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.1% were non-families. 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 3.00.

The median age in the village was 39.6 years. 23.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.3% were from 25 to 44; 28.1% were from 45 to 64; and 15.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 47.3% male and 52.7% female.

2000 census

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,788 people, 1,133 households, and 696 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,521.1 people per square mile (969.8/km). There were 1,253 housing units at an average density of 1,133.0 per square mile (435.8/km). The racial makeup of the village was 97.74% White, 0.90% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races, and 0.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.61% of the population.

There were 1,133 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.8% 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 3.07.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $27,841, and the median income for a family was $36,707. Males had a median income of $29,271 versus $19,826 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,097. About 10.1% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under the age of 18 and 5.2% of those 65 years or over.

Government

Lisbon operates under a mayor–council government, where there are six council members elected as a legislature in addition to an independently elected mayor who serves as an executive. The current mayor is Peter Wilson ( I). Additionally, Lisbon has a Board of Trustees of Public Affairs, a three-member board elected separately from the village council.

Education

Children in Lisbon are served by the Lisbon Exempted Village School District. The current schools in the district are:
* McKinley Elementary School – 441 E Chestnut Street, grades K-5
* David Anderson Junior/Senior High School – 260 W Pine Street, grades 6-12
The school's athletic teams are known as the Blue Devils. The most heavily followed athletic programs at Lisbon's high school are football and basketball. Most notable is Lisbon's 1995 Division V State Championship in football, the only such championship in that sport ever to be held by a Columbiana County school. Other sports include track, swimming, golf, cross country, baseball, softball, volleyball, and cheerleading.

The Columbiana County Career and Technical Center is immediately south of city limits. The city is also home to a public library.

Culture

The Dulci-More Festival, a music festival dedicated to the Appalachian dulcimer and other traditional musical instruments, was inaugurated in 1995 and takes place each Memorial Day weekend at Camp McKinley, a Boy Scout camp near Lisbon. Lisbon also is the host city to the Columbiana County Johnny Appleseed Festival and Columbiana County Fair.

Folk band Bon Iver paid tribute to the village in the instrumental song "Lisbon, OH", from their 2011 Grammy Award-winning album ''Bon Iver, Bon Iver''.

Notable residents

* William W. Armstrong – journalist
*George M. Ashford – U.S. surveyor, pioneer of Arctic Alaska
*Reasin Beall – U.S. Representative from Ohio's 6th District
*Jacob L. Beilhart – communitarian leader, founder of Spirit Fruit Society
*Lucretia Longshore Blankenburg – suffragist and writer
*William T. H. Brooks – U.S. Army Major General
*John C. Chaney – U.S. Representative from Indiana's 2nd District
*John Hessin Clarke – U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice
*Charles D. Coffin – U.S. Representative from Ohio's 17th District
*Katy Easterday – football and basketball player with the Pittsburgh Panthers and later collegiate football and basketball coach
*George A. Garretson – U.S. Army Brigadier General
*John M. Gilman – politician who served in the Ohio and Minnesota House of Representatives
*Howard Melville Hanna – businessman
*Mark Hanna – U.S. Senator from Ohio
*Andrew W. Loomis – U.S. Representative from Ohio's 17th District
* Daniel McCook – member of the Fighting McCooks
*George Wythe McCook – 4th Ohio Attorney General, member of the Fighting McCooks
*Henry Christopher McCook – clergyman and author, member of the Fighting McCooks
*John James McCook – lawyer and professor, member of the Fighting McCooks
* Robert Latimer McCook – member of the Fighting McCooks
*Roderick S. McCook – member of the Fighting McCooks
*Betty McKenna – All-American Girls Professional Baseball League third basewoman
*William McKinley Sr. – pioneer of the iron industry in East Ohio, father of President William McKinley
*Thayer Melvin – 4th West Virginia Attorney General
*James D. Moffat – 3rd President of Washington & Jefferson College
*William Duane Morgan – newspaper editor and politician
*Stephen Paxson – missionary who started over 1,300 Sunday schools in the American frontier
*Robert Walker Tayler – U.S. Representative from Ohio's 18th District
* John Thomson – U.S. Representative from Ohio's 6th, 12th, and 17th Districts
*Clement Vallandigham – copperhead leader and U.S. Representative from Ohio's 3rd District

References

External links

Village of Lisbon

Lisbon Area Chamber of Commerce

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County seats in Ohio
Villages in Columbiana County, Ohio
Villages in Ohio
Populated places established in 1803
1803 establishments in Ohio